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VOLUME 31
Lincolnshire Church Notes
^LADE BY
William John Monson, f.s.a.
1828-1840
EDITED BY
JOHN NINTH LORD MONSON, F.S.A.
1936
THE
PUBLICATIONS
OF THE
Xincoln IRecorb Society
FOUNDED IX THE YEAR
1910
VOLUME 31
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1934
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VELLOWLEES PiN
DIXON a SON.LTD, GRAVURE.
Lincolnshire Church Notes
MADE BY
William John Monson
F.S.A.
AFTERWARDS SIXTH LORD MONSON OF BURTON
1828-1840
EDITED BY HIS GRANDSON
JOHN NINTH LORD MONSON
F.S.A.
PRINTED FOR
THE LINCOLN RECORD SOCIETY
BY
The Hereford Times Limited, Hereford
1936
(V)
PREFACE
More than twenty-five years ago my kinsman, Canon Arthur
Roland Maddison, commenced the pubhcation of these Church
Notes in Lincolnshire Notes ds Queries, but he died before he had
finished his task. To have them all printed in book form has
long been my desire. My grandfather's love for all things con-
nected with Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire folk was so great that
I feel that such a publication will form a fitting memorial to him.
I owe the realisation of this wish to the courtesy of the Lincoln
Record Society and to the encouragement, advice, and help of
my friend, Canon C. W. Foster, Hon. D.Litt. It has been a great
privilege for me to have had him as guide, mentor, and untiring
collaborator in the production of this volume. Canon Foster's
patience and ever helpful kindness have been inexhaustible, so I
gladly take this opportunity to pay an affectionate and grateful
tribute to him for enabling me to produce the volume and make it
fit for the special purpose I have in view.
To the Members of the Record Society I express my thanks for
their long-suffering patience during the delay in the appearance of
the volume. This delay has been due to my desire to see that,
by careful checking and counterchecking, the greatest possible
accuracy should be obtained. That the Society should permit
these Church Notes to appear as one of their volumes has been
a particular satisfaction to me, for I feel certain that had the
Society been in existence during my grandfather's lifetime, he
would have been an enthusiastic supporter of it in every way in
his power.
To my friend, Mr George Gibbons, M.A., F.S.A., I tender my
warm thanks, not only for the immense trouble he has taken in
checking the inscriptions in many of the churches, but also for his
invaluable assistance in a large part of the heraldry. The efficient
treatment of this aspect of the Notes has called for much
speciahsed knowledge, and 1 have therefore been very fortunate
in securing his co-operation. Without the labour bestowed on
vi PREFACE
the heraldry the volume would have lacked much of its usefulness
and interest. Mr Gibbons has also read the proofs.
The Incumbents of the two hundred and twenty-seven parishes
mentioned in the Notes have almost without exception given me
every help in the tedious work of checking the inscriptions. To
them I tender my sincere thanks for the interest they have shown
in seeing that the inscriptions in their churches are correctly recorded.
Amongst the many kind friends who have also rendered efficient
help in checking inscriptions, I should like especially to mention
Captain W. A. Cragg, M.A., F.S.A., who verified a number of the
inscriptions in his neighbourhood. His assistance has been particu-
larly valuable, for he was able to refer to the notes made by his
great uncle, INIr John Cragg, in the nineteenth century, whose burial
is recorded at page 385.
Amongst others whom I should like especially to thank are,
Mrs Rudkin, of Willoughton ; Miss Kathleen Major, B.Litt.,
Librarian of St Hilda's College, Oxford ; Miss M. Wood, of Slea-
ford ; Canon Foster's nieces, the Misses Sybil Ingoldby, and
Margery, Marion, and Barbara Wilson ; Captain J. W. Hayes, of
Spalding ; The Reverend C. A. Norris, rector of North Witham ;
and Mr Hugh Paget, of Aswarby.
I also desire to record my sincere thanks to Miss Florence Thurlby,
Canon Foster's most efficient private secretary. To her I owe
much for the valuable assistance she has given in checking, correcting
proofs, and compiling the indexes, as well as in carrying out many
of those countless duties which fall to the lot of an Editor. To
the Hereford Times Company also I am indebted for the care and
patience which they have bestowed upon the work.
MONSON
Burton by Lincoln
Michaelmas, 1935
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CONTENTS
Page
PREFACE ------___ V
ABBREVIATIONS --_____ viu
INTRODUCTION -------- ix
CHURCH NOTES- --___-_ i
INDEXES :
Persons and Places - - - - - - -431
Arms ---_-_-_- 469
ILLUSTRATIONS
FRONTISPIECE
Portrait of William John Monson, afterwards 6th Baron Monson
MAP IN THE POCKET
Churches contained in the Church Notes
The Council of The Lincoln Record Society
wish to make their grateful acknowledgments to
Lord Monson, the Society's President, for generously
defraying the cost of printing tliis edition of his
Grandfather's Chttrch Notes.
X INTRODUCTION
The five years that Monson spent at Mitcham laid the foundations
of no small scholarship, so that in going to Eton in May 1809 he
took Upper Remove, and passed into the Fifth Form in June of the
same year. He was more than half way up the Upper Division
in 1812 when he left, after three happy years, notwithstanding
Keate's rigid rule.
He went to Christ Church, Oxford, in January, 1814, and took
his degree in November, 1816. He began his Oxford Memoirs the
last year of his life, but they were never finished. This is to be
regretted since they would have formed, with the Mitcham and
Eton Memoirs,^ an interesting trilogy of early nineteenth century
school and college hfe. The more so, since he retained up to his
death a vivid recollection of the appearance, character, and
peculiarities of the boys and men who were his contemporaries,
and with whom he associated in those early days. It is well to
emphasise this, for his remarkably tenacious memory played a
great part in all his research work, and was of great assistance in
his passion for accuracy.
In February, 1817, he was admitted as a student of Lincoln's
Inn, just before he began a series of journeys to the Continent,
which lasted, with short intermittent periods in England, until
1825. During these journeys he visited the greater part of
northern, central, and southern Europe. That these prolonged
tours were deliberately planned and carried out with a view to
continuing his general education, and that he was not purely ' on
pleasure bent ', is very evident from his diaries and letters. These
papers show a very observant nature and a strong desire to profit
by the opportunities which travel afforded. It is also apparent
from various sources that he was soon considered an authority on
art, history, and archaeology by those with whom he was thrown
during his travels.
That from an early age he developed a special taste for genealogy
and archaeology and other antiquarian subjects is evident, and
that his interest therein was serious is proved by the fact that,
^Monflon's Memoirs of his Mitcham school days were pubUshed in Etoniatux
in November, 1925, and those of hia life at Eton in the same periodical in
November, 1921.
INTPvODUCnON xi
not long before his twenty -second birthday, he was elected a Fellow
of the Society of Antiquaries, an honour vouchsafed to few of his
age even in those days.
In 1828 he married Eliza, daughter of Edmund Larken. The
honeymoon was spent travelling through England ; and ended
with a visit to Lincolnshire to see the various parishes and churches
associated with the Monson family. This resulted in the first
Church Notes being made. The daily entries in his diary indicate
clearly that IMrs Monson shared wholeheartedly his antiquarian
interests, a happy opening to what was to be a happy married
life.
There can be no doubt that these first Church Notes were made
with a view to obtaining material for his Family History, but by
the time he had finished these early visitations he reaUsed what
vast sources of information Lincolnshire churches could supph''
for the compilation of a County History of a really comprehensive
character. It is certain that, up to the time of his succession to
the title in 1841, the idea of writing such a history so deeply
attracted him that he lost no opportunity of collecting information
on the subject from many different sources. In this he was aided
by a peculiarly retentive memory. For instance, it is related that
after reading a will over a few times, he was able to commit its
substance to \\Titing — a very useful gift in days when the slightest
attempt to make notes of the contents of a will at Doctors' Commons
was at once checked by vigilant officials. The voluminous corre-
spondence and mass of documents that he left, carefully classified,
in the family library bear witness to his ceaseless studies, and the
high esteem in which he was held by his many correspondents on
all matters connected with archaeology, heraldry, and antiquarian
subjects. He was fortunate in enlisting the help of his brother-
in-law, Arthur Staunton Larken, who later became Portcullis
Pursuivant of Arms, and afterwards Richmond Herald ; and of
John Ross, a Lincolnshire antiquarian of considerable ability.
Shortly after his succession to the title Monson started on a
three years' tour to the Continent with the whole of his family.
During his travels he wrote at least two volumes of the six large
xii INTRODUCTION
manuscript tomes of his Family History. This work became of
such absorbing interest to him that he eventually abandoned the
idea of writing the County History which he was continually pressed
b}'^ his contemporaries to undertake. It is however clear from
Ross's letters to him that he allowed Ross access to all the materials
he had collected, and there is at Burton to-day a splendid manuscript
history of the City of Lincoln, written in Ross's beautiful hand and
illustrated by him with water colour drawings of no mean artistic
merit, as well as a great collection of notes and drawings relating
to almost all the parishes in Lincolnshire arranged according to
the wapentakes.
Monson died on 17th December, 1862, in his sixty-seventh year ;
old for his age, judging from present day standards, but still full
of enthusiasm for all matters relating to his life's hobby. In
consequence of his almost complete deafness in later years, he seemed
to be out of touch with ordinary life, though in reality, thanks to
his very observant nature, he was very much alive to what was
going on around him. His favourite room at Burton was his
Library overlooking the cricket ground that he made, well known
in those greater daj'^s of Lincolnshire cricket, where an England XI
once played XXII of the County. Here in this library one can
picture him sitting all day, surrounded by his beloved books and
papers, answering in his fine handwriting his many correspondents.
His manhood had been passed during the period of strong
religious revival, which included a great movement for the restora-
tion and even rebuilding of the ancient churches in England, many
of which had fallen into a sad state of disrepair, if not of ruin, in
the eighteenth century. It is estimated that some thirty miUions
sterling were spent in this work, much of it being unwisely spent,
as we now realise. Every age however has its period of vandaUsm
and neglect so far as churches and their monuments are
concerned. John Weever, referring to their condition in 1631,
says,
' And also knowing withall how barbarously within these his Maiesties
Dominions, they are (to the shame of our time) broken downe, and
utterly almost all ruinated, their brasen Inscriptions erazed, tome away,
and pilfered, by which inhumane, deformidable act, the honourable
memory of many vertuous and noble persons deceased, is extinguished,
INTRODUCTION xiii
and the true understanding of divers Families in these Realmes (who
have descended of these worthy persons aforesaid) is so darkened, as
the true course of their inheritance is thereby partly interrupted. '^
Monson's Church Notes were compiled before the nineteenth
century spirit of renovation became active in Lincolnshire. Hence
their value ; for much of what he records disappeared during the
passion for restoration. What he himself thought of this zeal
for restoration, and how much he disapproved of it, is shown by
the following extract from a letter written by him in 1860 :
' I want to go to Lincolnshire as early as I can even if I
return, for they are pulling down an old Church, a family Church I
was going to call it since it has a chapel attached to it that for centuries
has been used for oiu- last home, and the incumbent is a violent UtiUtarian
and wants to destroy a noble screen and probably other dear old relics,
which I must endeavour to rescue. I am Protestant to the back bone
and if it served religion would be an iconoclast, but it does not, and
that is the honest truth. To introduce new f angled paraphernalia and
to destroy old memorials io which the honest parishioners attach no
improper notions are two very different things.'
And rescue them he certainly did, for what was removed in 1860
was carefully stored by him at Burton, and, in 1914, long after
his death, replaced in the church, where his body rests.
Such was the man. It has been thought desirable that the
reader of the Church Notes should be given some idea of the
character of their compiler, so that he may the better understand
how a work of this kind, unusual even in those days, came to be
undertaken. The portrait of Monson, which forms the frontispiece
of this work, was painted in his thirtieth year. It is one of several
at Burton and has been especially chosen as representing him at
the time he began the Church Notes. The artist, Yellowlees,
who according to Bryan was known as the little Raeburn, became
popular as a portrait painter both in Edinburgh and London during
the first half of the nineteenth century.
The Church Notes are contained in twelve small volumes with
paper-covered boards, measuring 7^ x 4| inches. They are pre-
served in the library at Burton, and consist of copies of monumental
inscriptions, to which particulars of coats of arms and extracts
from parish registers are added. They deal with two hundred and
twenty -seven parishes, the distribution of which is shewn in the
^ Ancient Funeral Monuments, introduction. Loudon, 1631.
xiv INTRODUCTION
map at the end of this volume. The twelve volumes are evidently
a fair copy of the original notes, which were probably written in
pencil in the several churches, since the days of the fountain pen
had not yet come. Monson's intention was not to print them
as they stand, but rather, as has been stated, to use them as a
body of evidence for the purpose of Lincolnshire history and
genealogy.
Most of the Notes were made by Monson himself. Sometimes
he was accompanied by Arthur Larken. Occasionally he seems
to have depended upon other people, and this applies especially
to the churches in Holland. The Notes made by Monson himself
were carefully done, though no doubt they contain mistakes which
are due, sometimes to difficulty in reading the inscriptions, and
sometimes to mere human fallibility. Some of the other Notes
shew less care. The copying of inscriptions is not so easy a matter
as might be thought ; and many a time when the copyist is making
his fair copy at home, he will wish that he had noticed this or that
detail more closely, and that he could look at the monument again.
The present editor therefore decided to have the Notes checked
so far as possible, and a manuscript copy of them relating to each
church was sent to the Incumbent of the parish for his perusal
and verification. Then again, when the manuscript had been set
up in type, a proof was submitted to the Incumbent, except in
those instances where it was possible to have the work done by
another competent person. Many of the monuments have dis-
appeared and many inscriptions have become illegible since the
Notes were made, and a good deal of time has been spent in
checking the statements in these inscriptions by pedigrees, by
parish registers, by the bishops' transcripts of parish registers in
the Diocesan Registry, and by the available printed sources. Some
of the printed sources, however, have proved somewhat unreUable,
as for instance, Jeans' Sepulchral Brasses, and Churches of Holland,
published by T. N. Morton in 1843, both of which contain many
surprising errors.
The Notes do not profess always to be literatim copies of the
inscriptions. For instance, there are many unimportant variations
from the originals as e.g. son for sonne, daughter for davghter, wife
INTRODUCTION xv
jor wyfe, Jan. /or January, 1st /or i^*, 5 jor 5th, the ^or y^. The
punctuation also of the inscriptions has not always been followed,
and the use of large or small capitals or of Old English characters
has not been strictly observed. These variations have not been
corrected except in specially important inscriptions. With these
exceptions pains have been taken to secure accuracy. It might
sometimes appear that here and there an inscription involved a
physiological improbability or even an impossibility. In such
instances the dates have been checked by entries in parish registers,
or in the bishops' transcripts, or by other evidence. If in this
way the improbability or impossibility has not been resolved, sic
has been added after the date which causes the difficulty. Some
instances may be given. At Haugh (page 177) it is stated that a
daughter of the Reverend William Oddie and Martha his wife was
born 4 February, 1766, and that another daughter was born
12 August in the same year. No other evidence is available, and
therefore sic has been printed after the latter date. At HorbUng
(page 198) it is difficult to reconcile some of the numerous dates
relating to the Tomisman family. Here the difficulty is resolved by
the parish register which shows that there were three successive
generations in which the husband and wife were named William
and EUzabeth. At Stragglethorpe (page 346) an inscription records
that Sir Richard Earle died 25 March, 1667, aged 60, while the next
monument states that another Sir Richard died 13 August, 1697,
aged 24. Is there here, it might be asked, a mistake in the age
of the second Richard ? The pedigree of the Earle family, however,
shows that there were two more Sir Richards, who died in 1678
and 1679 respectively, between the two whose inscriptions are
printed here.
In the printed text, when a monument has been removed to
another position in the church since Monson's day, the fact has
been indicated by R enclosed in round brackets ; when it has
disappeared by D, and when it is probably covered by seats, organ,
etc., by C, similarly bracketed. Additions to the author's Notes
have been enclosed in heavy square brackets.
It is important to remember that the Notes do not always
contain all the memorials in a church. In some instances monu-
xvi INTRODUCTION
merits which are visible now may have been hidden a hundred years
ago : but it is impossible to account for all the omissions in this
way. At Louth, for instance, many important monuments are
passed over. The plan, which was originally entertained, of
supplying in this edition the inscriptions omitted from the Notes
had to be abandoned, since it would have increased the size of the
volume unduly.
In the library at Burton there is a fine copy of Gervase HoUes'
Lincolnshire Church Notes, ^ with the arms in colours, which was
presented to Monson by Archdeacon H. K. Bonney, D.D., in 1853.
In these notes, which were made in the years 1634-1642, Holies
gives descriptions of some of the older monuments in the churches,
and these have generally been omitted from Monson's Notes ;
thus conclusively showing that he purposely did not note features
and facts, details of which could be found elsewhere ; and that
the Notes were compiled rather in the nature of an aide-memoire.
Monson was an expert in heraldry, a subject which a hundred
years ago was part of a polite education more often than it is at
the present day. In editing this volume, a large amount of research
has been expended on the armorial bearings. The arms have been
identified so far as possible, and the names of the families which
bore them have been added within square brackets. For this
purpose works of reference, which did not exist in Monson's day,
have been available, such as Burke's General Armory, Papworth
and Morant's Ordinary of British Armorials, and Fox-Davies'
Armorial Families. From these sources it has been possible to
correct various obvious errors in the Notes. Where more serious
emendations have been made the corrections have been enclosed
in square brackets. It has not been, however, always possible
to give the names of the famiUes to which the coats belong. This
is so because it is sometimes impossible to tell what the arms
depicted on a monument really represent, unless they are famihar.
For instance, the different kinds of beasts, birds, and fishes cannot
always be distinguished, and sometimes a charge may be any one
of half a dozen different objects. Or the tinctures or colours may
> The original manuscript containing these Notes is Harleian MS. 6829, in the
British Museum. It was edited by the late Canon R. E. G. Cole as the first volume
of the Lincoln Record Society, in 1911.
INTRODUCTION xvu
not be given, or may perhaps have perished. The difficulty is
increased when there are quarterings, for then the arms cannot
be blazoned with confidence until it has been ascertained, from
an examination of the pedigree of the owner of the principal coat,
what arms he was entitled to quarter. In monumental heraldry
there occur many instances of arms being assumed, with or without
variation from authentic coats, by persons who are not entitled
to bear them, seeing that they are neither descended from an
ancestor who was entitled to bear those arms, nor have they them-
selves obtained a grant of arms. In such instances it has seemed
advisable to make as few corrections as possible, but rather to let
Monson say what he saw.
As regards the memorials and inscriptions themselves, apart
from their genealogical and antiquarian interest, the ordinary
reader will find some entertainment in perusing them. They vary
much according to their date, and frequently throw some light on
the condition of life and the mentality of the period to which they
belong. At times they are quaint and even comic : thus at
Fiskerton (page 123), in 1806, there died George Harrison,
' who, during the short period of a bustling life, endeavoured to bestow
the means of happiness on those he knew,'
and at Langtoft (page 221), in 1703, there died WiUiam Hyde,
who
' labour'd the greatest part of his life with unparalleled chearfuUness
and com-age, under the most exquisite torments of the gout, in hope
of a blessed resurrection.'
Crowland suppHes several quaint inscriptions, such as the tomb of
Mr Abraham Baly (page 101), who was buried in 1704 with two
children who died in ' enfantry ' :
' Mans life is like unto a winter's day.
Some brake there fast & so departs away.
Others stay dimier then departs full fed.
The longest age but supps & goes to bed.'
This verse is repeated with some verbal changes at Holboach (page
192).
At Long Sutton (page 357) a stone records :
' Here lyeth the body of John Bailey, surgeon, who was murdered in
the Spring of 1794. Alas poor Bailey and Rebekah his wife.'
x\iii INTRODUCTION
There also (page 358) is another small stone :
' In memory of Walter Johnstone gent, and drover from Dumfries in
Scotland ; he was a good companion, a faithful friend, and a fair dealer.
He died November y^ 21, 1747, aged 51.'
At Belton in the Isle (page 39) it is said of Jane Penelope Steer,
who died in 1826, at the age of twelve :
' Her course was gentle as the newborn babe
Her mind more noble than the towering wave
Her heart was wrap'd within a charming frame
It biirst ! ! she died ! ! but spotless was her name.'
At Lutton (pages 256-7) is found :
' Thy busy and inquisitive eye
Seems to demand what here doth lye
If that I must disclose my trust
Tis great lemented prudent dust
If yet unsatisfyed thou'lt know
And eurg me further read beloAv
Here lyeth the body of Mr Rube"
Parke of Lutton who deceased the
10 of July 1659, in the 63 yeare
Of his age.
Hence QuarreU Nature tell she shall
Repeate her clymactericall. '
At Claxby by Normanby (pages 87-8) an inscription to William
Fitz Williams, who died m 1634, contains the quaint exhortation :
W^eepe, poore men, weepe here our mortality
Laied a Maister in Hospitality.
How he was religious, faithfuU, constant,
Twenty seauen Qvietus est's demonstrant.
From wordly troubles he nere found true rest,
Untill from God he had Quietus est.
Quietus est, i.e. ' he is quit ', a formula, which appears as early
as the reign of Henry I in the rolls of the Exchequer, signifies
that a debtor has discharged his debt. The liabilities which
FitzWilliams discharged were, no doubt, the debts of poor persons.
The memorial tablets to the women record virtues so many and
charms so great that space does not admit of extensive quotations,
but the tribute to Elinor Ball in Holbeach church (page 190), in
1718, may be cited :
' Say marble or at least weep out the praise
Of the deceased fairer her character
Than thy smooth polish. Pen of steel can nere
Her vertues A\Tite nor poets loftiest layes.
Pure as thy spotless gloss her love will shme
Both conjugal and filial and adorn
J
rNTRODUCTION xix
Thy monumental trophy. Never um
Held mortal ashes truly more divine.
In her no place could envious censure find
Her generous birth nere to ambition fired
The beauties of her person but conspired
To enhance the charming beauties of her mind.
Innocent as the babe that caused her death.
Her charity diffusive as the sun
And active equally. Tread lightly on
Her grave for such was she lyes underneath.'
Long Sutton supplies two remarkable illustrations of large families,
namely, Mary wife of Nicholas Wileman (page 355),
' who died in childbed November the 30, 1740, in the 40 year of her
age, after bearing him twenty two children, of whom eighteen all died
very young.'
And (page 359) :
' Elizabeth the wife of John Sowter who departed this life May 26, 1701,
in the 28 year of her age, who had 9 children, sons and daughters, and
6 of them lye very near her in this alley.'
But Lincoln Cathedral supplies, on the monument of a former Dean
of Lincoln, what is probably the most remarkable record of this
kind (page 245) :
' Here lyeth the body of IVIichael Honywood, D.D., who was grandchild
and one of the 367 persons that Mary the wife of Robert Hony^'ood, esq.,
did see before she dyed lawfvlly descended from her that is 16 of her
owne body 114 grandchildren 228 of the third generation and 9 of the
fovrth.'
At Goxhill (page 150) there is the following charming inscription
to Mary Ann Pearson, who died in 1800, aged 15 years :
* How happy is the child of grace
Who knows her sins forgiven
This earth she cries is not my place
I'd rather go to Heaven.'
An inscription which will be of interest to many in New England
is found at Walcot by Folkingham to the memory of John Quincey,
junior, who died in 1773 (page 397) :
' Think nothing strange
Death happeneth to all
My Lot's to day
Tomorrow thine may fall.'
In fact the Church Notes reveal many links existing between
Lincolnshire and New England, for the index contains such other
well-kno'v\Ti names as : Bellingham, Bradford, Grant, Lee, ^Mather,
Pelham, Pell, Shaw, Standish, Whiting.
XX INTRODUCTION
Monson, when compiling his Notes, did not confine himself to
the memorials of members of the county families, but included all
and sundry, much to the advantage of the genealogist. For in
Lincolnshire, after the convulsions caused by the Wars of the
Roses, the Suppression of the Monasteries, and finally the Civil
War, many of the old families sold or lost their properties, or even
themselves disappeared, being superseded by prosperous yeomen
and merchants. The Notes consequently provide, in a handy
form, interesting evidence of the gradual fall of the old order and
rise of the new, over a long period of years. This is sad reading
in some cases, but at least the Notes bring back to Uving memory
some of the great names of the past, otherwise long since forgotten
and now only living, as Lord Chief Justice Crewe eloquently said,
' in the urns and sepulchres of mortality '.
!3tSitt)orpe
Notes taken in the church of Aistrope, 16 August, 1835 —
This is a modem plaster building consisting of a nave, chancel,
and tower at the west end. The east window is a single lancet
one.
A white marble tablet against the east wall south of the
altar (R) :
To the memory of | the Rev^ Timothy Mangles A.M. | late
rector of this parish | who departed this life October 5, 1803 |
aged 33. j He was a tender husband | a kind father | a
zealous minister of the Gospel | and in all the relations of
Ufe I displayed the endearing quahties | of a good heart |
and a truly christian disposition.
A lozenge shaped tablet against the north wall (R) :
In the aisle | opposite this stone | he the remains of |
Elizabeth the infant daughter | of John & Frances Milnes |
bom Aug. 21, 1828 j died Jan^ 5, 1829.
On a black tablet against the east wail of the chancel north
of the altar, of marble (R) :
In memory | of Greorge Roberts gent. | who died July 1st,
1760 I in the 53 year of his age. | His disconsolate widow |
erected this monument intending it | for him and herself.
A white marble lozenge against the north wall of the chancel
(D):
Five feet | south of this stone | he the remains of j Anne
Townsend | bom 3 June 1789, wedded 25 Feb. 1818, | and
died August 16, 1820 | Daughter of John Milnes Esq. of
this parish | wife | of the Rev^ Thomas Townsend the rector |
to whom I by her affection for him | and by her devotion to
her I Saviour's precepts | she gave | a fortaste of | future
blessedness.
[Sunk into the pavement in front of the altar are two small
brass crosses, with the inscriptions :
Anne Townsend aged xxxi, fell asleep August 10, 1820.
Thomas Townsend, Rector, aged lxxxv, fell asleep July 15,
1833.]
A fiat stone in the chancel (D) :
Here lieth Charies Stafford Mather \ who died August 14,
1773, aged 5 years.
[The church was entirely rebuilt in 1868.]
(MS vii, 179-181.)
2 ALFORD
mtoth
Notes taken in the church, 19 August, 1835 —
A very handsome monument south of the chancel : on an altar tomb
he the figures of a knight and his lady in the costume of the middle
of the 17th century. He in cuirass and cuisses, large boots, bands,
and flowing hair. She with a hood and long tresses. Above them
against the wall on a black slab is an inscription in gold letters
which has been restored, but not well :
Here lyeth the body of S*" | Robert Christopher knt, who |
finished this life on the 16 day | of February 1668, in the
63 I yeare of his age, and of Dame | EUzabeth his wife who
dyed | on the 21 day of November | 1667, in the 50 year of |
her age. | They had issue Ehzabeth their ] onely child, now
wife of the | Right Hon'''® Bennett Lord | Sherard of Staple-
ford in the | county of Leicester.
A parallel black marble slab has been left blank on the east
side. These arms above — Argent, a chevron gules between 3
torteauxes [Sherard] ; impaling — Argent, a chevron between 3 pine-
apples gules [Christopher] ; on a chief sable a crescent or. Crest —
A peacock's tail erect, issuing from a coronet gules. At the west
end of the altar tomb is the above impalement alone with the
crest — An arm couped above the wrist, holding a pineapple
[Christopher]. Since the arms above the monument are those of
Sherard impahng those of Christopher, it is not unHkely after all
that the monument was that of Lord Sherard and his wife.
On the opposite north wall of the chancel (R) is a stone tablet
with the bust above of a female in the costume of the 17th century
with necklace round her neck. The monument is surmounted by
a coronet and these arms at the bottom of it, viz., 3 coats, apparently
a husband impaling 2 wives, one on each side. The centre is —
Gules, a saltier argent [Nevile] ; the dexter — 2 bars or, a chief
ermine [for Hardinge] ; the sinister — Argent, a saltier engrailed
gules. The inscription has been painted over so much that very
httle of it is now legible, what can be decyphered is :
Near to this | place lyeth the | body of Ehz.^ the | daur
(the rest illegible).
In the chancel (R) a white and grey monument with an urn
over it :
Li memory of | Samuel Duckering | who was lay rector of
this parish | 39 years | and departed this life | the 9 day
of March, 1800, in the 55 | year of his age.
On a flat stone within the altar rails (D) :
Tho^ Hamson [rectius Harrison] | gent, departed this | life
July 12, 1722.
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On a black stone next to it (R) :
In I memory of | Rev. Abraham Walker | vicar of iUford |
who died the 27 day of August | 1777 | in the 62 year of
his age.
On a stone in the chancel at the entrance (D) :
In I memory of | Will. Field gent. | ob. Dec. 5, 1791 ] aetat. 55.
On a stone in the chancel (D) :
In I memory of | John Baldock | who departed this life 1 the
23 of Feb. 1778 | aged 81.
On an old stone just under the screen is carved the figure of
a priest under a Grothic arch, with this round the verge in church
text :
[Hie] iacet dominus Ricardus de Walton [rectius Watton]
quondam vicarius istius ecclesie qui obiit an' d'ni mccc
.... QuiiLS a,nime propicietur deus.
On a black stone in centre aisle :
Thomas Wayet gent. | died 12 April 1796 | aged 73 years. |
Ann his wife | died 7 August 1785 | aged 71 years. | Edmund
Wayet | died 15 May 1804 | aged 55 years.
Next to the last to the west has been an old stone with 4 shields
at the comers cut but now almost obhterated — the first to the
east has been quarterly of 4. The second is — Ermine a buck's
head cabossed [? Parker] ; the two to the west are defaced. There
have been 3 inscriptions but now illegible : on one apparently are
these letters cll . . . . yl.
On nearly the next stone have been brasses of two figures
kneeling and an inscription now gone.
On a black stone between the two last :
Here Ues the body of | Mr Thos Williamson [ inter'd 31
March 1766, | set. 74. ] Also | Mary his widow \ inter'd 29 June
1778, 8Bt. 86.
On a stone to the west :
In memory of Mr | Thomas North | of Wainfleet All Saints |
who departed this life | February the 28, 1731, | in the 60
year of his age.
On a brass plate in the cross passage of the nave (R) :
Here and nigh unto this | place Ueth the body of | Mr Will™
Key who died May | y« 7, 1753, aged 61. Also Mrs ] EUz""
Key his wife who di | ed Dec 20, 1761, aged 67. | Also Mr
Thos Key son of | the above Will, and EHz. | Key who died
Feb. 27, 1764, | aged 47. Also Mar>' Key | daughter of Tho"
and I Dorothy Key who died | May y« 30, 1765, aged 2
years.
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On a white marble tablet in the north aisle :
To the memory | of Thomas Williamson gent. | who died
on the 28 day of March 1766, | in the 74 year of his age. |
This monument is erected by his widow. | She died on the
26 day of June 1778, | in the 86 year | of her age.
On another to the west of the last :
In memory of | Emman : Dewsnop clerk | who was vicar of
this church 48 years | and departed this Ufe April y^ 11,
1753, I aged 87 years. | Also of | Mercy his wife who died
May y® 17, 1747, | aged 79 years. | They had seven children
two of which viz. | John & Mercy he interred with them |
near this place and the only surviving ones | Charles Joshua
and Martha | out of a due regard to their memory | have
erected this monument. | Blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord | For they rest from their labours.
Rev. 14, 13 Verse.
On another more to the west :
Near | unto this place | lieth amongst her | ancestors the
body of I Elizabeth Lake | who departed this life | May the
19, 1752, I aged 21 years & 5 months. | Preserve me O God
for in thee have I | put my trust. Psalm xvi & verse y* 1st. |
Also I Ann Lake | sister to the above EUzabeth Lake | who
dyed the 9th of May 1794, | aged 71 years & 10 months. |
Lord have mercy upon us 1 t .i.
Christ have mercy upon us / ^ ^'
On a tablet next against the south wall above the letters Alpha
and Omega and XP (for Christ) ; the inscription in capitals :
Sacred | to the memory of | Richard Harby Esquire | who
died on the 1 day of July 1822, | in the 60th year of his age. |
Also I of Matilda his wife | who died on the 18 day of July
1812, I aged 62.
On a small brass plate in the cross passage of the nave (D) :
J A2 I bom at Addlethorpe | in 1721, | died at Alford |
in 1789.
A tablet against the south wall commemorates that Mrs Mary
Wayett of Stamford gave by will dated 5th Oct. 1831 to the
JVIinister and Churchwardens of Alford £200 to be laid out for the
poor, and the interest to be given to them on St Paul's day.
The church consists of a nave and 2 aisles divided from it
by 4 pointed arches, supported on lofty octagonal columns with
capitals worked in foliage. The chancel is separated by a lofty
pointed arch, the head of which has been walled up. There
is a carved screen of 5 arches, and the chancel windows are decorated
with a few fragments of painted glass, one of which seems to be
a chevron gules. The pulpit is carved in oak in the style of the
ALGARKIRK 5
17th century. The font is modern. There is a large south porch
with a room over it, and the tower is at the west end faced with
brick and contains five bells. Outside the north east comer where
the chancel abuts on the nave and north aisle are the remains of
three steps seeming to be part of the steps to the rood loft, and
the appearance of a door blocked up with new brick work.
[See also Lines. N. & Q. xi, 37-41 ; Dudding, History of . . .
Alfard, pp. 104-109.] ^^g ^^ ^^^^28.)
Notes
^ Probably EHzabeth daughter of Greorge Nevile of Ragnall, co.
Nottingham, who married, lirst, William Hardinge of Foss, and,
secondly, John Hopkinson of Lincoln's Inn, and was buried at
Alford 13 November, 1636. ^ The initials are those of John
Andrews.
Notes taken in the church, 4 August, 1834 —
In the recess of the window north of the altar is a large marble
urn surmounted with the crest of a griffin issuing from a ducal
coronet. The pedestal is of grey marble bearing this inscription
on a white slab :
M. S. I Caroli Beridge LL.D. | hujus Ecclesiae Rectoris | qui
obiit die 12 Junii|
. / Domini mdcclxxxii.
^"^ \ ^tatis Lxxi.
To the west of this is a handsome pyramidal monument of
marble with these arms below — Argent, a saltier engrailed between
4 escallops sable [Beridge] ; impaling — Paly of 8 azure and argent,
on a chief gules 3 talbots' heads erazed or [Marsh]. Crest — A
griffin's head erazed sable, issuing from a ducal coronet or :
Near this monument lie the remains | of the Rev. Basil
Beridge, rector | and patron of this church, who died | the
2^ of Nov. 1678, aged 65 years, | Goodeth the relict of Basil
Beridge, | who died the 25 of Nov. 1681, | The Rev. Basil
Beridge M.A., who died | the 28 of Dec^ 1686, aged 25 years, |
Ann the daughter of Charles and Barbery Beridge, | who
died the 27 of April 1693, aged 4 years, | The Rev. Charles
Beridge, rector and patron | of this church, who died the 2'^
of Dec. 1693, aged 35, | Rev*^. Basil Beridge, rector and patron
of this I church, who died the 13 of Oct^ 1739, | aged 53 years, |
Charles Williamson, son of Charles and Lettice Beridge, | who
died the 7 of Oct' 1744, in his infancy, | The Rev^ John
Beridge, vicar of Worthington in Essex, son of Basil Beridge, j
who died the 18 of Ocf. 1744, aged 32 years, | Mary the refict
of Basil Beridge, | who died the 10 of Jan. 1752, aged 65
6 ALGARKIRK
years, | Basil Beridge late of Pinchbeck, esq., ] who died the
27 of Feb. 1752, aged 44 years, | Lettice the wife of the Rev<i
Charles Beridge LL.D., | who died the 6*^ of Nov. 1778, |
aged 63 years.
To the west of the last is a grey and white marble monument
with these arms over, Beridge impaling — Sable, 2 bars argent ;
on a canton of the last a stag tripping of the field [Buckston]. The
crest of Beridge :
To the memory of | John Beridge M.B. | late of Derby |
[son of the Rev^^ John Beridge] | who died Oct. 17, 1788, j
in the 45 year of his age, | after a lingering illness | which
he supported | with religious fortitude and resignation, |
This marble was erected | by his afilicted widow | Martha
daughter of Greorge Buckston | of Bradboum in the county
of Derby esq.
These hallowed stones an EngUsh heart infold.
Warm tender steady simple just and bold.
A Christian who observed his Saviour's law,
To man with charity to God with awe.
This tribute Beridge to thy tomb is due
Pure as thy virtues as thy friendship true.
William Hayley.
To the west is an oval grey tablet with the arms of Beridge
and this inscription in capitals :
Leonardus Beridge S.T.P. | Vicarius de Sutterton | obiit
imo April 1791, I iEtat. 53.
Still more to the west is a sarcophagus of white marble with
Beridge, impahng — Ermine, on a bend gules a sword proper, pom-
melled or, a chief azure [Gladwin]. On an inescucheon — Argent,
2 chevrons between 3 mullets azure [for Tanfield]. Above the
sarcophagus is an obeUsk adorned with an urn and bearing this
inscription :
Sacred | to the memory of | the Rev<* Basil Bury Beridge, |
patron & rector | of Algarkirk cum Fosdyke, | and | Pre-
bendary of Sleaford | in the church of Lincoln, | who | died
Feb. 23, 1808, | aged 71 years.
On the sarcophagus in continuation :
Also of his first wife Dorothy Beridge, | daughter of Henry
Gladwin, esq., of Stubbing in the county of Derby, | who died
June 4, 1792, aged 58 years. Also of Frances Beridge his
second daughter, | who died October 10, 1808, aged 13 years, |
and whose remains are interred in the church of Abbots
Leigh I in the county of Somerset. | This monument in
testimony of her affection | & respect for their memories j
is erected by his widow Dorothy Beridge, | daughter of John
Tanfield, esq., | of Carthorp in the county of York.
ALVINGHAM 7
[Inscription on brass in the south transept :
Here Ues buried Basil Beridge, of this Church, aHke Rector
and Patron, and one of the Clergy of Convocation or the
Assembly Ecclesiastic, who married Goodethea, daughter of
Thomas Brook, Knight, by whom he had two children, to
wit, Basil and Anna ; they however died in childhood and
are buried near this spot as is also the aforenamed Thomas
Brook. The aforenamed Basil Beridge was Rector of this
Church for 42 years, full of zeal for his flock, for his loyalty
to the King and the Anghcan Church long time sore afflicted
by the Rebels, of a devotion and piety unfeigned, highly
esteemed by his fellows, kindlj^ to his household, and to
aU men of discernment acceptable. Alas ! he died on the
2nd day of November, in the 65th year of his age, 1678.
Gro, traveller, and follow in his steps.
To the memory of this devout and learned man, Charles
Beridge, his adopted heir and successor in this Church raised
this monument.
His successors pray that (if so may be), their bones may
rest undisturbed until the Resurrection Day.]
[See also L.R.8. i, 167-8; Churches of Holland; Jeans,
pp. 1-2, Supp., 1-2.]
(MS V, 161-165.)
Notes taken in the church, 24 August, 1835 —
Outside the church on the south side, within rails, on a flat stone :
Here lieth the body | of Humphry Maddison | late of Alving-
ham Abbey, | gentleman, deceased, | third sonn of S^ Ralph |
Maddison of Fonnaby | in the county | of Lincoln, knight, |
who departed this | life January the | nineteenth 1671, j
aged 70 yeares. | Also Nath^ son of the above | Humphry,
who dyed Oct. 1709. | Also Nath^ grandson of the | above
Nath^, he dyed April | the 25, 1737, in the 26 year | of his age.
On an altar tomb, close by, within the same rails :
In memory of | Sarah IMaddison | wife of Jolm Maddison, |
Esq., of Gainsborough, and | daughter of William Pur | ver,
Esq., of Hull, de- | parted this life May y« 7, 1767, | aged 39
years. | She was a most dutiful daughter, tender & | affec-
tionate wife, a sincere friend, charitable | to the poor, beloved
by all who well knew her | when Uving, and lamented by
ail when dead. | Here Ueth the body of the [ above named
John IMaddison, Esq., | who died July j^ 5, 1785, aged 66
years. | And also of Elizabeth Maddison | reUct of the above
John Maddison, Esq., | she dyed July 15, 1801, aged ob vears. |
Also Mary daughter of the above named | John & Ehzabeth
Maddison. ) She died January the 9, 1802, aged 22 years.
8 ALVINGHAM
In the church on a neat grey and white marble monument
surmounted by an urn against the north wall of the chancel :
In the blessed hope of a joyful Resurrection are | deposited
on the north side of this church yard the earthly remains
of I John Emeris B.D. and those of his infant daughter, j
He was rector of Stoughton Parva, Bedfordshire, | Perpetual
curate of Alvingham and Cockerington, | and many years
fellow of C.C. College, Oxford. | In him | his parishioners lost
a faithful minister, | his acquaintance a benevolent and
steady friend, | his wife and children a kind and afifectionate |
husband and parent.
On a flat stone in the nave :
In memory of John Mad | dison late of Alvingham | Abbey,
gent., who departed | this life Dec' 25, 1749, | in 5^ 63 year
of his age.
This church consists of a nave and chancel with a tower at
the west end. It is kept in a very good state, having been rebuilt^
in 1806. The font is octagon and plain. On an old stone over the
south door are these arms painted — Or, a fesse between 2 chevrons
sable [Walpole]. On a hatchment these arms — Argent, 2
battle axes in saltier sable [Maddison] ; impaHng — Argent, a pale
sable charged with a sword in pale proper [Nelthorpe]. Crest —
an armed arm grasping a battle axe [Maddison].
[See also Lines. N. & Q. x, 145-6 ; 0. M. 1867, part ii, 81.]
(MS vi, 103-106.)
Note
^ It would be more accurate to say that the church was restored.
Notes taken in the church, 29 July, 1833 —
On a flat stone in the chancel within the altar rails (D) :
Here lieth the body of | the Rev<^ Mr Thomas Raven, | vicar
of this parish, who | departed this Ufe March | the 23, 1720,
aged 52 years.
On a stone next to the last (D) :
Here heth the body of | Mary Raven, wife of the | said Rev'^
Mr Raven | who departed this hfe | August the 9, 1726 |
aged 60 years.
On another stone within the altar rails (D) :
Here heth the body of | the Rev^ Charles Hyett | Master
of Arts I late of Oriel College Oxford | & curate of this parish |
who dyed on the 5 day of July | 1769 | in the 39 year of his
age.
■-■X
ASLACKBY 9
On another stone (D) :
Here lyeth the body of | y^ Rev*^ Mr Charles Bywater I
rector of this church j who departed this hfe | November
y« 9, 1751, I aged 55.
On a brass plate also in the floor within the altar rails (D) :
Martha Barwis | aged 8 years | 1822. | Of such is the kingdom |
of God.
On another brass plate near the last :
Sacred | to the memory of | the Rev^ Joseph Barwis, | 30
years vicar of this parish, | who departed this life j April 3,
1828, I aged 65 years.
On a stone before the altar rails in the chancel (D) :
Here lyeth the body of | Mary the wife of William | Garland,
gent., who | departed this life April | ye 2°«i A^ Dom. 1738 j
in the 66^ year of her age. | Here lies y^ body of | Mary
Garland daughter | of WilUam and Mary | Garland, gent. |
She departed this life | August y« 20, 1758, \ aged 51.
On another stone in the chancel (D) :
Here | lieth the body of | William Garland gent. | who died
September 6, 1725, | in the 63rd year of his age. | Also of |
Anne Garland | youngest daughter of the above | WilUam
Garland, | who died December 17, 1786, [ aged 71 years.
On a flat stone in the chancel there is an inscription but so
much worn as to be illegible ; the word ' die ' can be traced ; the
inscription was round the edge.
On another flat stone (D) :
Hie jacet Robertus | Garland junior | qui obiit die Martis |
quarto die Octobris | apud Sleeford | Anno Domini | 1664
aetat. 5 ann.
On a black stone in the nave :
In memory of | Mary Quincy, | one of the daughters | and
coheiresses of | John Quincy, | died 6 January 1780, aged 88.
On a white and black marble tablet against the south wall :
In the earth beneath this tablet | rest the remains of | Samuel
Newzam | who died 11 of February 1826, aged 88 years. |
Also of Ann the wife of | Samuel Newzam | who died 1st
of February 1799, aged 62 years. | Also of John the son of |
Samuel and Ann Newzam | who died 20th of April 1788,
aged 20 years. | Likewise of Henry the son of | Samuel and
Ann Newzam | who died 21 of Januarj^ 1802, aged 31 years. |
Mortals be wise, remember judgment and prepare to die.
Another tablet more to the west with white marble slab :
Near this place | are deposited the remains | of Thomas
Green | who departed this life May 11, 1793, j aged 49 years. |
10 ASLACKBY
Also Susannah his wife | who died Feb. 16, 1801, | aged 62
years. | To whose sacred memory | this monument is erected.
On a flat stone below is the same inscription.
Another to the west, with um above inscribed ' Tempus fugit ' :
Sacred to the memory of | Samuel Darby | who departed
this life I March the 28, 1819, | aged 54 years. | Seek not to
learn who underneath doth lie. | Learn something more
important, learn to die.
On a circular tablet against a pillar south of the nave (R) :
In memory of | Colby Graves | who departed this life |
June the 24, 1799, | aged 17 years. | Near this place also | lie
the remains of | Grace Graves | mother of the above | who
died May 14, 1824, | aged 75 years.
Another tablet against a pillar on the north side of the nave (R) :
Sacred | to the memory | of | Colby Graves | who died May
3, 1791, I aged 41 years. | Life how short | Eternity | how long.
A flat stone in the nave (D) :
Here heth the | body of Robert Graves. | He departed this
life I the 25th of May 1765, | aged 67 years.
Another more to the east (D) :
Here lieth the body of | Margaret the wife of | Robert Graves
who I departed this life | May y^ 18, 1732, | aged 35. | By
her side lie two of | their children Robert and | Ann, died
infants. | Here lyeth the body of | Mary the wife of Robert
Graves who | departed this life | Decern, y^ 14, 1752, aged
47. I Here lieth the body of | Mary the daughter of | Robert
and Margaret | Graves who departed | this life July y® 22^,
1754, I aged 23.
[On the nave floor :
Mary the wife of Robert Graves died Dec. 14th, 1752, aged
23. Here lyeth the body of Mary the daughter of Robert
and Mary Graves who departed this life July 22nd, 1754,
aged 23. (From John Cragg's notes, 1793.)]
This church consists of a nave and 2 aisles supported upon
3 pointed arches rising from tall clustered columns ; a chancel,
and a pinnacled tower at the west end. The font is octagonal,
panelled with shields and quatrefoils alternately. The battlements
of the south aisle are curious, somewhat in the Saracenic style.
[See also LM.S. i, 219-20.]
(MS ii, 231-240.)
Notes taken in the church, 14 August, 1835 — This church is
no better than a bam. It is built of stone and tiled, with a wooden
turret for a bell at the west end. There is no division into aisles
AUBOURN 11
or chancel. We could not procure the key but as we had a perfect
view of the church through the windows we discovered that it
contained no monumental memorial whatever.
[See also Lines. N. <Ss Q. xi, 41, L.R.S. i, 210-11, where some
inscriptions are given. It is unlikely that W. J. Monson could
obtain a complete view under the disadvantageous circumstances
which he mentions.]
(MS viii, 165.)
Notes taken in the church of Aubome, 10 August, 1833 —
On a flat black stone within the communion rails with these arms
above, 1st shield — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, [Gules], a saltier ermine
[Nevile] ; 2nd and 3rd, [Or] fretty [gules], on a canton [per pale
ermine and or] a galley [sable] [Nevile of Bulmer] ; 2nd shield —
[Sable], 6 escallops or, 3, 2, and 1 or (Estoft) ; 3rd shield — Ermine,
on a fess [gules], 3 escallops [or] [Ingram] — part is broken off :
Here lyes the body of | Sir Christopher Nevile, kt, | who
married first | Katharine the daughter | of Thomas Estoft
of I Estoft, Esq. She dyed in | the year 1668 & lyes |
very neare | is Katharine | [daught]er of Sir
Arthur | Ingrame of Temple Nusome | now survivinge, but
dyed | without children the 18 | day of November An'
Dom' I 1692.
On a black stone next to the south :
Here lyeth y® body | of Catharine Dame Nevile only |
daughter of Arthur Ingrame, Bart., | of Temple Newsam in
Com. Ebor. | by his last wife, second wife | and relict of
S' Christopher | Nevile, knight, of Aubour. None | can well
describe with justice | the meekness manners piety | and
charity she was so eminently | indowed with. | She departed
this life I April y^ 4, 1715, an ornament | to her own and an
honour | to the family she married | into. | Pity it is so mean
a stone | should cover such high virtue.
On a black [stone] next, still more to the south :
Here lyeth the body of | Bryan Nevile, Esq., only son of
George | Nevile, Esq., of Thomey by Sarah Copley his | last
wife relict of John Copley, Esq., and | daughter of Bryan
Cooke, Esq., of Wheatley | in Com. Ebor., near his beloved
wife, whose | fondness to her when alive, tenderness | to his
children, charity to his neighbours, | & piety to God must
ever recommend him ( as the best of Xtians. He deceased
March | 25, 1725, aetat. 74. His 4 surviving chil | dren out
of 3^ duty and respect they owe him | join in this only
acknowledgement left to | the memory of so worthy a
father.
12 AUBOURN
[Next stone :
Elizabeth Nevile, | Nov. 30, 1745.
Christopher Nevile, | Jan. 14, 1772 | aged 60.]
A black stone to the extreme south within the altar rails.
Arms above — [Gules], a saltier ermine [Nevile] ; in an escucheon
[Or], on a cross [sable], 5 crescents [argent] [Elhs] :
Here lyeth the body of Martha eldest daug'" | & co-heir
of Tho. Elhs, Esq., & of Jane his wife, | eldest sister & co-
heir of Sir Chris. Nevile, knt. | By her husband Brian, a younger
son of I Geo. Nevile of Thomey, Esq., she had a | numerous
issue & continuing long in a broken | state of health made
her request to him | when ere it should please God to put
an end | to her being in this world to lye in her D^ | grand-
mother's grave under whose strict | example of piety she
had had her first | impressions, w'^'' hapning y« 30 of March
1710, I in y® 58 y^ of her age, her grandmother having | paid
y« same debt to nature y« 11 of Sep^ 1683, 1 after a separation
of near 27 years, their | bodys have here met again to mingle
in I till at y® sound of y^ last trump | they shall
appear glorifyed in y® presence | of y^ Lamb to joyn together
in hallelujahs | to him to all Eternity.
A white marble tablet against the north wall of the chancel (R) :
Near this repose the ashes of | Eliza Jane daughter | of
Lieut. Gen^ George Robert Ainslie | and Sophia Charlotte
his wife. | At the age of nineteen her gentle spirit | passed
to its Creator ( August 3, 1825.
An achievement of Gules, a saltier ermine [Nevile] ; impaling
— Sable, 3 lions passant in bend between 2 double cottises argent
[Browne] ; Crest — ^A bull's head guardant argent, issuing from a
ducal coronet or ; motto — Ne Vile [Nevile].
2"^ Atchievement of the arms of Nevile, impahng — Nevile of Buhner ;
crest and motto the same.
In a recess in the north wall of the church are the fragments
of a monument which seem once to have been in this place. An
alabaster figure of a man kneeling, in armour, bareheaded, with a
ruff round his neck, his legs broken off ; in which are also preserved
a shield of arms — Gules, a fesse between 3 water bougets ermine
[Meres]. On a black marble slab this inscription in capitals :
In memoriam | Antonii Meres Armigeri Belli Ducis
praestantissimi Medicis | Optimi Theologique Celeberrimi
Alumnus ejus Proneposque | Matemus Henricus Sterrell
posuit. I Filios habuit Johannem Kenelmum Josephum et |
filias Gartrudam Janam Mariam Katherinam et Annam. |
Obiit undecimo die Martii Anno D'ni 1587, etatis suae 76.
A very handsome white marble monument against the east
wall north of the altar, flanked by 2 Corinthian pillars, surmounted
AUBOURN 13
by an urn. The arms below — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Nevile ;
2nd and 3rd, Nevile of Bulmer :
Christopherus Nevile, Eques auratus, ex | antiqua familia de
Grove de Rabi | Hie situs est. | Resurgant etiam in hunc
lapidem nomina trium | parentum in oblivione quadam hie
prope jaeentium | Georgii Avi sui qui obiit An' Dom' .mdclii |
Jervasii Patris Equitis Aurati qui anno proximo | Maxima
virtutis Fama ipsum inseeutus est | Chatharinse et matris
suae filise Rich. Hutton Mil. | Unius quondam justieiariorum
de Communi Banco | Quae post obitum Jervasii Triginta
fere annis | Vitam viduse egit eximia Pietate. | Ex taU
eminenti stirpe ortus est Christopherus | Fruetusque edidit
Genuinos | Nobis enim reliquit Memoriam finitae Vitae |
Justitia Hospitio Beneficiis illustrissimae. | Jaceat corpus
suum silenti inhumatum Oreo. | Ipsa ubique loquetur et
tradet nomen suum posteris | fama meliori quam possunt
haB literae marmoreae | ipsis etiam et magis durabili. | Sese
dedit lubenter morti et eflflavit spiritum suum | Decimo
octavo die Novembris |
-^tatis suae lxi
Anno ' Humanae salutis
^ MDCXCII
On a handsome marble monument against the north wall of
the chancel with a medallion bust in profile of a Lady and these
arms over — Quarterly, 1st, Nevile ; 2nd, Nevile of Bulmer ; 3rd,
Argent, a chevron between 3 cross crosslets gules ; 4th, Argent, on
a plain cross sable 5 crescents or [EUis] ; on an inescocheon — Azure,
a pheon argent, and a border of the last [charged with 8 torteaux —
Sharpe]. This inscription on a slab below the bust :
To the memory of Ehzabeth Neville daughter of | George
Sharpe Esq., of Barmby, in Nottinghamshire, | and wife of
Christopher Neville, Esq., | of Wellingore in Lincolnshire. \
She died the 21 day of November | in the year of our Lord
1745, I aged 30 years.
In the chancel are flat stones to the memory of :
William Lambe died May 25, 1801, aged 63.
William Lambe died 9 April 1826, aged 56.
Sarah his wife died Dec. 26, 1829, aged 56.
Wilham son of W™ & Sarah Lambe bom March 29, 1796,
died May 10, 1798.
John & George Lambe sons of the same died infants.
Mary wife of W™ Lambe died Sept. 2^, 1822, aged 34.
Mary their infant daughter.
Rachel Mawer Lambe infant daughter of W™ & Rachel Lambe.
bom 4 August, & died 4 November, 1827. Also Wilham
died an infant.
U AUBOURN
Sarah wife of Robert Robinson died March 14, 1807, aged 69.
[Thomas Lamb died July 13, 1813, aged 67.
Also Ann daughter of Thomas & EHzabeth Lamb died Dec.
12, 1815, aged 21.
Robert Lamb, senior, died Dec. 26, 1810, aged 75.]
[South side of sanctuary a white marble slab surmounted by an
um on black foundation :
Sacred to the memory of Lady Sophia Nevile, wife of
Christopher Nevile, Esq., of Wellingore and daughter of
Baptist Earl of Gainsborough, obiit November 5th, 1780 ;
also placed in same vault 2 of their infant children Horatio
Thomas and Lucy EUzabeth.]
The church is small ; it consists of a nave, chancel and tower
at the west end. The altar is raised very high from the level of
the chancel by 2 steps. The font is an octagon panelled in quatre-
foils.
(MS xii, 39-46.)
Notes taken in the church, 12 August, 1834 — This church
consists of a nave, and aisles, chancel, south porch and a
tower and spire at the west end. The nave is divided from
the south aisle by 3 very light and elegant pointed arches
springing from clustered columns with beautiful foliated capitals,
and from the north aisle by 2 Norman arches, the capitals of
which are adorned with figures. The arches leading to the chancel
and to the tower are both pointed. The chancel is divided from the
termination of the aisles on the north side by a Norman, and on
the south by a pointed, arch. The font is of Norman character,
round and massy, with four attached pillars. The steps to the
antient rood loft are still remaining (D).
A flat stone within the altar rails with this inscription round
the edge in old capitals (R) :
Here lieth the body | of John Coulthurst of Ounsby gentle-
man, I who was buried | the 27 day of December Anno
Dom'i 1627.
To the south is another old stone with the inscription round
the edge but nearly effaced :
Johan the wife of .... | John Colthurst | of
Ownsbie . . . (the rest gone)^.
On a brass plate let into the first mentioned stone (R) :
Here lyeth interred the body of | John Colthurst of Aunsby,
gent., I husband of Faith Colthurst | who departed this life
on the 14 | day of October in the year of our Lord | 1678,
devoutly resigning his soul | to God in perfect assurance of
a happy | Resurrection and glorious immortality.
<i
AUNSBY 15
Another brass plate let into the second stone (R) :
Here lyeth interred the body j of Faith Colthurst widow, |
the late wife of John Colt | hurst, gent. She departed this |
life the 17 day of Decern. 1679, | to enjoy with her said
hus I band etemall Felicity at I their Resurrection.
A flat stone to the north of these in capitals :
Here lies | the Rev. M^ Benj. Stokes | the late | pious studious
charitable | rector of | Aunsbye and Demblebye | A.D. 1721.
A flat stone in the chancel in capitals (R) :
Here lieth the body of John Colthurst | buried the 19 day
of January 1678, | and Jane his sister buried the 2^ day of |
August, 1680, I the son and daughter of William | Colthurst
and Mary his wife.
Another to the north in capitals :
Here lieth the | body of Mary Col- | thurst the daughter
of WiUiam and | Mary Colthurst | his wife. She depar | ted
this life the | 16 of October | 1684.
To the west is an old stone with the inscription round in large
letters, but partly eflPaced :
Heare under this stone lyeth the body of Elizabeth wife to
William .... was buried 13 of Sept. 1610.
To the north is a flat stone with an inscription round the edge
in old character mostly efifaced but what remains is :
Hie iacet Edwardus quondam xl
cuius awime propicietwr dews Amen.
A flat stone more to the north, in capitals :
Here lieth interred Alice | the wife of H. WilUamson. | She
died March 27, 1709.
Another to the north in capitals partly broken off (R) :
Here lieth the body . . . | M^ Henry Will[iamson] | deceased
Oct. the ... I 1709, | late rector of Aunsby.
A flat stone on the floor of the south aisle of the chancel the
inscription in capitals :
Here lyeth the | body of Edmund Wat | son who was buried |
Januarii the 9, | 1688.
Another to the north in capitals :
Here lyeth the body of | M^ Thomas Watson, who | departed
this life I March the 26, 1706, | in y« 74 year of his age.
Another slab more to the north in capitals :
Ehzabeth y^ wife of | M^ Tho. Watson | died Mar. 29, 1709.
(MS V, 127-132.)
Note
^ Perhaps Jane the wife of the John Coulthurst, who was buried
in 1627.
16 BARDNEY
Notes taken in the church, 12 October, 1840 — This has been a
handsome and spacious old church, but some of the repairs which
may have been necessary on account of its dilapidated state have
not been conducted judiciously. The nave is separated from the
two aisles by four pointed arches, but the organ loft (D) occupies
as much as one at the end of the nave. The pulpit (D) is painted
in a very gaudy manner, especially a figure of an angel over the
sounding board with a golden trumpet and sky blue drapery. The
chancel is entirely partitioned off from the nave and is by far the
handsomest part now left. The roof has not been ceiled, but left
with its old timbers supported on brackets of angels bearing shields.
On the interlacing of the groins are some old carving of roses. The
wooden tablets (R) of the benefactions afl&xed to the north wall
near the entrance and also on the west wall of the north aisle are
curious inasmuch as a rude coloured picture of the benefactor is
placed before the account of the benefaction.
The first of these is of Joseph Knowles, apprentice of London,
and son of Richard Knowles of Bardney deceased. This Joseph
at the age of xxv years departed this life ye x day of August in the
year of Grace 1603, and left £30 by his will dated y^ second of
August to be laid out in land to give bread every Sunday to 12
poor people. John Knowles, senior, gave £10 to further the gift
of his nephew. The second tablet runs as follows :
WilUam Hurstcroft | late of Bardney, | who departed | this
life the second | day of May in the | year of our Lord | 1630,
who in his last will and testament | besides other charitable
deeds did | also give one house in Boston to 3^ poor j of
Bardney & Newport in Lincoln | equally to be divided
for ever.
There are no tombs or inscriptions in the body of the church now
visible. It has been floored from the old stones. A few still
remain in the chancel.
On a flat stone :
In memory | of the Rev^ | Mr G. Blennerhaysett | late vicar
hereof, | who departed this life | Jan^ 26, 1778, | in the 60th
year of his age.
On another :
In memory | of | Francis Brown | late of Hull | who departed
this life I 8 Sept. 1786, | aged 9 years 11 months.
How loved how valued once avails thee not
To whom related or by whom begot
A heap of dust alone remains of thee
'Tis all thou art and all that we must be.
BARHOLME 17
On another stone :
In memory of | Mary the wife of | Thomas Bartholomew |
died February the 12, 1776, | aged 53.
On an old stone is carved a cross, with :
C. S.
May 27
1715.
The old stone to the daughter of Lord Willoughby and wife of
[Henry] Andrews was destroyed when the church was repaired.
[Hanging on the walls of the belfrey :
Vinsent Ward died 6 March 1766. By his will dated 1760
did leave the interest of £3 to be given in bread on Candlemas
Day.
Thomas Kitchen late of Tupholme. By his will dated the
tenth day of Oct. 1711, he left his estates at Fulletby Moorby
Belchford and Low Toynton, to found a free school for the
teaching of the poor children of Bardney, Tupholme, and
Bucknall. Salary of the Master £20, the overplus of rent
and repairs to apprentice a poor child in Southrey.
Wooden tablet in belfrey :
William Norris died Feb. 15th, 1705. He left the interest
of £2 to be given in bread on Holy Thursday annually.
John Bennington died 1690. He left the interest of £8 to
be given in bread on the Circumcision of Our Saviour annually.
John Lightfoot died 22 Oct. 1722. He left the interest of
£3 to be given in bread on All Saints Day.]
[See also L.R.S. i, 239.]
(MS X, 63-66.)
Notes taken in the church, [blank] August, 1831 —
On a brass plate (R) set on a bracket against the chancel wall with
these arms cut on it — 2 bars nebule . . . , on a chief 2 arrows
in saltier . . . between 3 towers . . .^ :
Reader hereunder Ues my friend | who as he lived so did
he end | his dayes in peace expecting then | a blessed resurrec-
tion when I his God should please so let us all. | From earth
wee come to earth wee shall ] Francis Fordham gent, departed
this life Ao D'ni 1641.
On a handsome marble monument against the east wall of the north
aisle with a shield of arms above, but now effaced :
Underneath | are deposited | the mortal remauis of | Richard
Walburge | of the town of Stamford in this county, gent.,|
and lord of this manor of | Barholme cum Stow, | which by
B
18 BARHOLME
the blessing of God upon his endeavours ] he purchased
himself in the year of our Lord 1705, | and | would you have
a perfect image of the deceased | behold him as he was, | An
exemplary faithful christian | a zealous Protestant of the
Church of England, | always firm to its doctrine and dis-
cipline I and a devout and constant attendant on its service, |
the best of husbands and most affectionate father, | a kind
and valuable relative, | a wise master, a loyal subject, | steady
to his friends & obliging to his enemies, | most industrious
in his calling & just in his deaUngs, | an able and faithful
guardian, | a true lover of learning, | an active promoter of
pious charities, | and a hberal contributer thereto, | who
after he had eminently acquitted himself in all these | severall
characters fell asleep in the Lord on the 27 day | of May
Anno Dom' 1751, and in y® 54 year of his age, | in an assured
hope of a joyful resurrection | and in expectation of being
gathered unto him | when the Almighty shall appoint. ]
There yet remains EUzabeth his mournful widow | [eldest
daughter of Ed™^ Curtis late of Stamford aforesaid gent.], |
who, in memory of her dear departed consort, and as | a
pledge of her great esteem and affection for him, | erected
this monument, ) to whome she bare 1 son & 3 daughters
all living, viz. | Simon, EUzabeth, Margaret, & Catherine, |
the hope and comfort of their afHicted mother.
On a flat stone by the arch to the tower :
In memory of | Sarah, dau"" of John Dowsing clerk | (vicar
of Middleton in the county of Norfolke) | and Sarah his wife |
who departed this life | on the 11 day of December 1781, |
aged 26 years.
On the south front of the tower under the battlement is this
inscription :
1648 I H j Was ever such a thing | since the creation, | a new
steeple built in | the time of vexation.
[See also G.M., 1862, part ii, 737-41; Jeans, Supp., 2.]
(MS i, 29-32.)
Note
^Evidently the arms of Fordham, Barry wavy of six or and azure,
on a chief gules two arrows in saltire between as many castles
argent.
Notes taken in the church, 12 August, 1833 —
On an old stone in the chancel in church text round the edge :
Hie iacet WiUeZmus de Alford cuius anime propicietur Deus.
BARROW ON HUMBER 19
There are some other old stones the inscriptions efEaced, one
with the figure of a priest and another coffin shaped with a crescent
on it.
The church consists of a nave and south aisle resting on 4 pointed
arches, a chancel, and tower at the west end. The font is octagon,
adorned with the Insignia of the Crucifixion.
(MS xii, 77.)
Notes taken in the church, 12 August, 1833 —
An old stone (D) in the chancel with this inscription round the
edge in old character :
ux : Thomse de Ed obiit to
die April A^ D'ni mccclxxxx cujus anime
There is another old stone with a cross, and another now quite
broken and illegible.
The church consists of a western tower, a nave, and chancel.
(MS xii, 53.)
parrobj on ?|umljer
Notes taken in the church of Barrow, 2 September, 1835 —
In the north aisle a marble monument (R) against the wall with
these arms over — Argent, a chevron between 3 boars' [or,
perhaps, brocks'] heads azure ; crest — A boar passant azure
[for Broxholme] :
Here lyeth the body of Lieut. Col. | W™ Broxolme son of
Jo. Broxolme Esq. | and Troath his wife relict of Sir Hen. |
Foulks knt Bann""*. He dyed in the fifty | ninth year of his
age & on the 4 day | of April 1684 ; he was a true son of | the
Church of England in w'^'' faith he | dyed, a loyall subject
to his king w'^'' | he manifested in several parlements, | a
discreet & good magistrate in his cou | ntry, and a most
worthy just friend, | reall in all true kindness without | any
mixture of dissigne ; in fine he | was a brave just & a generous
man, | and dyed lamented by all that | knew him.
On a marble tablet more to the west in the north aisle (R) ;
The Rev<i John Brockbank | died Dec^ 21^\ 1800, | aged 44
years. | As an able instructor of youth, | sincere clergyman, |
and an upright man, | his character was respectable. | As an
affectionate husband, | his memory will long be dear j to hifi
disconsolate widow.
20 BARROW ON HUMBER
More to the west on a white and grey marble monument in capitals
(R):
In memory | of the Rev. Will. Trevor, A.M., | forty years
vicar of this place, | who died 20 Feb. 1794, aged 74. | Also
of Hepzibah his wife | who died 17 Dec. 1787, aged 61. |
Also of the Revd W» Francis Trevor | who died 29 April 1784,
aged 34. | Of Hepzibah Trevor | who died 16 Sept. 1791,
aged 42. | Of Rob* Brook Brydges Trevor | who died 2 Oct.
1764, aged 11, | their children, and of two others | in their
infancy.
Opposite these two last monuments are flat stones also to John
Brockbank and Will. Trevor (D).
On a flat stone in the north aisle :
In memory of | Elizabeth Earke | daughter of Theophilus
& Elizabeth Kirke | who departed this life | August 6, 1814, |
aged 33 years.
Within rails at the west end of the south aisle stands an altar tomb
(now level with the floor) with a grey marble slab and this
inscription in gilt letters :
Beneath this marble lieth interred | the remains of the | Rev^
Mr Rob* Kirke, A.M., | late vicar of this place. | He departed
this life the 22 | of May 1755, | in the 51 year of his age.
On the front of the east end of the tomb (now on the north wall
of the chancel) :
R.K. being dead yet speaketh. | Keep stedfast in the faith, |
Be constant at private and publick worship, | Be charitable, |
Do justice, love mercy, live soberly, | and the Peace of God
be with vou Amen.
On a similar altar tomb by its side to the south (now level with
the floor) :
Here | lyeth the body | of | Mrs Abigail Kirke | relict | of
the late Rev^ Mr Kirke | died | Nov. 21, 1767, | aged 56 |
years.
Above these monuments is a very neat painted glass window of
the Ascension (D) given by Mr Kirke who left money to keep it
in repair and if not required for that purpose to go to the poor of
the parish.
There are flat stones (D) at this end of the church to Molly Kirke
who died 15 Jan^, 1800, aet. 50, EUzabeth Kirke who died 7 Dec.
1800, set. 41, and to Abigail Kirke.
On a flat stone at the west end of the nave (R) :
Sacred | to the memory of | the Reverend | Edward Henry
Hesleden, clerk, | M.A., late fellow of Mag. Coll. Oxon, |
vicar of this parish | who departed this life | February 14,
1828, I aged 53 years.
BARROW ON HUMBER 21
On a flat stone in the nave (D) is an inscription much rubbed to
Elizabeth wife of Will. Smith daughter of Samuel and Grace Hudson
who died Feb. 16, .... , set. 34 years.
There is a flat stone in the nave (R) to John Brown who died 2
April, 1781, set. 68, and on the same stone to John Wilson, died
3 March 1784, set. 53.
A white marble monument against the east wall of the chancel
(R), north of the altar, these arms over — Azure, six martlets, on a
chief argent, three bucks' heads cabossed proper [Uppleby] ; on
an inescucheon — Azure, on a chevron between three bucks tripping
or as many martlets gules [Robinson]. Crest — a buck's head
couped at the neck quarterly argent and proper, attired sable
[Uppleby]. This inscription in capitals :
Sacred to the memory of | George Uppleby Esquire, | A
gentleman of the Privy Chamber to George III, | in the dis-
charge of his public duties | as a Deputy Lieutenant and
Magistrate of this county, | his zeal tempered with a strict
regard to Justice | and united with gentleness and patience, |
enabled him to decide with equity and | so to heal animosities |
as to secure to himself kindness esteem and gratitude. | He
married Sarah the only child of | Charles Robinson Esquire
of Beverley, | and sole heiress of her grandfather WilHam
Gildas Esq^ | of Bardney Hall, by whom he had seven
children, | Sarah, Charles, Dorothy, EUza, George Crowle,
George | and Lucy, | all of whom except George Crowle
survived him. | He died April 25, 1816, in the 65 year of his
age. I His affectionate widow erects this tribute of respect | to
her husband's cherished memory.
On a grey marble tablet with a white um above against the east
wall (R) south of the altar :
In memory of | Roger Uppleby | who died the 25th of | Dec'
1780, I aged 22 years.
A blue flat stone in the chancel :
Here lieth the body of Mr James | Houseman, Sen', who died
the 24th of | October 1715, in the 88th year of | his age. |
Here also lieth the body of Mr | James Houseman, Jun',
his only child, | by Margaret his wife, now surviving |
daughter of Mr John Matson, merchant | at Dover. He died
the 1st of February | 1715, aged 31 yeai-s. | Also here heth
the above said | Mrs Margaret Houseman | who died | the
9th of February 1719, aged 87 years.
On an old stone (D) to the north of the last has been an inscription
round the edge but now entirely effaced, but the words .... cto
die mensi.
22 BARROW ON HUMBER
A flat stone to the south (R) :
Here Ues ye | body of Mr Robert Lamb | he departed this
life ye I 3 of April 1721.
A stone more to the west (R) :
Here lyeth the body of Robert | Hardy who departed this
life I ye 21 of June, Anno 1711, aged 64. | Hold stand and see
what I Hear y® Lord hath done | He hath summoned me
and I Tacken home his son. | My glass is run my time | Is
now at Hand | That I may go unto y^ Holy land | Remember
youth as thou | Art so once was I | So learn to Uve | And
fear not for to dy | Since death from sin | Hath set me free :
then I Friends prepare to follow me.
Another to the south (R) :
Here heth y^ body | of Robert Hardy of | Barrow who
departed | this life July y^ 23, 1729, | aged 31 years. | Also
Joyson his wife who | departed this life Dec^^ | y® 21, 1766,
aged 66 years.
Other stones [in the chancel] in memory of :
Robert Hardy died 23 May 1770, set. 43.
Mary his wife died 26 Jan. 1812, set. 82.
John Hardy died 22 Aug. 1814, set. 62.
Susannah his wife died 12 Jiine 1826, set. 77.
A stone at the east end of the nave much rubbed (D) :
Here lyeth | the body of the Rev^ | Mr Joseph Foxlow | late
vicar of this parish who | was buried [blank] October | 1728,
set. 35 years.
This church consists of a nave and aisles on the north side resting
on 5 arches, of which 4 are round and the easternmost pointed.
On the south side are 4 pointed arches, a chancel divided by an
arch which is blocked up, and in the head is a large modern window,
a pinnacled tower at the west end, and a south porch.
[See also Lines. N. & Q. x, 146.]
(MS vi, 145-154.)
5?arton S>amt jHarp
Notes taken in the church, 1 September, 1835 —
In the south chapel of the chancel against the south wall, with these
arms above —
Sable, a lion rampant between eight crosslets argent [Long].
Crest — . . . . :
Near | this tablet | is interred y^ body of WilUam Long of |
Louth, Justice of the Peace for many years. | He married
Mary daughter of John | Tripp, gent., once Mayor of Hull
BARTON SAINT IVIARY 23
by whom he had issue 5 sons | & 7 daughters of which
3 I survived him, viz., | EUzabeth, Mary, & Frances. | By
his will gave 200£ to be | laid out in a purchase of land for |
y* education of children ; | also a tenement and yard | for
better convenience | of y^ Vicarage House. | Obiit 26 Martii,
1729, I iEtat. suae 85.
On a slab below the monument is inscribed :
The above named John Tripp devised | lands for the main-
tenance of the I blew coats | and Lady Rand his daughter |
gave 4£ per ann. to the | iVIinister of this town to preach | an
annual sermon, | and forty shiUings | per ann. to the poor.
In the same south chancel aisle are these flat stones to :
EHzabeth wife of Robert Edward Johnson died 4 Dec. 1834,
aet. 55.
Martin Robinson died 16 June 1782, aet. 81.
Thomas Robinson died Nov. 9, 1771, aet. . .
Susanna his wife died Sept. 3, 1792, aet. 82.
Harriet Atkinson died March 21, .... , aet. 85.
On an old stone in the chancel :
Hie iacet Ricardus Haubord quondam | capellawws parochialis
istius loci q. | obiit [primo] die mensis aprihs anno domini
Mcccc septuag : i. cuius anime propicietur deus.
The description [by Grervase Holies (L.R.S. i, 78) ] of the monument
to Jane the wife of John Shipsea is very accurate but he omits
the following inscription on the shaft :
Sic mortua | est Rahel | et sepulta | Gen. 35, v. 19.
The inscription [by Gervase Holies, ibid.] on the verge of the flat
stone to Simon Seman runs thus :
Hie iacet Simon Seman quondam civis et vinitarius ac
Aldermanus London qui obiit xi die mensis Augusti anno
domini millesimo cccc trigesimo tercio cuius anime et omnium
fidelium defunctorum propitietur deus Amen amen.
The arms Holies describes are now gone but two shields still remain
in brass. I think with a cypher of I H S.
[At the four comers in the brass are the Man, the Lion, the Ox,
and the Eagle.]
In the south aisle are these inscriptions on flat stones to :
John Wilbar, gent., died 4 March 1811, aet. 66, and to Jane
wife of the preceding died 12 March 1830, aet. 84.
Anne dau^ of John & Anne Bennett, granddaughter of John
& Margaret Saunderson, died 3 Aug. 1758, aet. 9.
John Alcock died 5 Nov^ 1823, aet. 26.
Lucy his wife died 29 Oct. 1825, set. 33.
Anne Hudson Alcock their dau'' died 11 Sept. 1821, set. 5
months.
24 BARTON SAINT MARY
William Hudson died 22 Oct. 1814, set. 69.
Lucy dau' of William & Margaret Hudson died 5 April 1790,
set. 2.
William son of John Haworth Hudson and Jane died 5 Aug.
1816, aet. 2.
John Haworth son of the same 15 Oct. 1816, set. 4.
John Uppleby Hudson died March 1820, set. 6 months.
Thomas Haworth died 16 March 1768, aet. 53.
Eliz. his widow 26 Sept. 1802, set. 82.
Thomas their son died 1755, aet. 5.
David their son died 10 Nov^ 1815, aet. 72.
Elizabeth Scrivener their daur died 4 Jime 1827, set.
82.
Mary wife of John Limn died 21 Nov. 1831, set. 58.
Elizabeth grandaughter of the above and dau^ of William
and Elizabeth Robinson died 9 Jan'' 1833, aet. 10 months.
Robert Cooke died 28 August 1822, aet. 49.
Ehzabeth his wife died 16 Dec^" 1823, aet. 58.
There are flat stones in the nave to the memory of :
John Bygott died 19 March 1821, set. 25.
George Bygott died 30 May 1804, aet. 70.
Ann his wife 14 June 1801, set. 67.
George Bygott their son died 2 Feb. 1788, aet. 24.
Robert their son died 17 Nov. 1799, set. 29.
James Bygott died 20 June 1810, aet. 59.
James Bygott died 26 May 1805, aet. 61.
Martha his wife died 17 Dec^ 1812. |
Peggy their daughter died 15 Feb^ 1815, set. 42. ^
Wilham Bygott 15 Dec^ 1810, aet. 72.
Margaret wife of Robert Bygott died 10 Feb. 1794, aet.
56.
Robert Bygott died 13 May 1810, aet. 74.
Susanna their daughter died 14 July 1835, aet. 68.
John son of Richard and Sarah Johnson died 12 June 1792,
aet. 16.
Richard Johnson died 26 Sept. 1809, set. 68.
Sarah his wife died 5 Sept. 1829, set. 87,
Richard Kennington died 12 July 1809, aet. 52.
Anne Kennington died 20 March 1820, aet. 21.
Susanna wife of Richard Kennington died 18 Aug. 1831,
set. 70.
John Kennington died 6 March 1759, set. 48.
Sarah his wife 26 Jan^ 1796, aet. 78.
Joseph Cook died 5 Oct. 1785, aet. 77.
In the chancel within the altar rails are three large blue stones
which have had brasses round the edges, now gone. On one, a
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cross botone is cut, and on another two figures which have had
their hands and faces composed of brass. A stone ^ of the same
kind is in the south aisle of the chancel, and another old blue stone
has been used for WiUiam Long, Esq's, name to be cut on it. At
the east end of the north aisle is a similar stone with two figures
cut on it ; their heads and hands in brass now gone.^
A blue flat stone at the east end of the south aisle :
Here lieth the body of | John Saunderson gent. | who died
on the 30tb of | October 1757, aged 63 years. | Also the body
of Mrs I Margaret Saunderson | his widow who died on the |
16 November 1757, aged | 60 years. | Also the body of John
Saunderson | gent, son of the above | John and Marg*
Saunderson | who departed this life | 28 Oct. 1778, aged
57 I years.
A stone collateral to the south of the last :
Under this stone are | deposited the remains of | Laetitia
Saunderson | widow of John Saunderson | gentleman. She
died I on the 9th day of December | 1792, aet. 64 years.
A modem brass plate in the floor of the north aisle in capitals :
Sacred | to the memory of j Sarah Hatherell | who died 25
June 1824 | aged 76 years.
A flat stone in the north aisle (R) to the memory of :
Richard Evans gent, died 28 Dec. 1831, aet. 44. Also
Richard his son died 27 May 1823, aet. 1 year & 2 months.
[At the west end of S. James's aisle is a flat stone with this inscrip-
tion :
Here lyeth the bodye of Ann Arnold late wife of Thomas
Arnold who leved Qitje sex yeares, and was buried the 2 of
Desember, Anno D'ni 1637.]
[See also Lines. N. & Q. x, 186 ; L.R.S. i, 78-80 ; Jeans, 5.]
(MS vi, 171-178.)
Note
^ This name is now illegible. All the brasses are gone, but the
stone may be identified ^ ith that of Wilham Lorymer, whose will
was proved at Lambeth, 19 November, 1458 (P.C.C., 14 Stokton),
and he provided that his body was to be buried in the chapel of the
church of the B.V.M. of Barton, before that altar of St James,
under a blue stone lying in the same place. The ' south aisle of the
chancel,' mentioned in the text, was the chapel of St James.
^ This north aisle is St Thomas' aisle. In this aisle Richard
Adinot founded a chantry at the altar of St Thomas of Canterbury,
and the two figures on this stone, which hes to the north of the
altar, may be those of Richard and his wife.
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JBarton ^amt l^tttv
Notes taken in the church, 1 September, 1835 —
Against the east wall of the chancel a marble monument of white
and grey with these arms over — Argent, on a pale sable a sword
proper [for Nelthorpe] :
Sacred | to the memory [ of Sir John Nelthorpe Baronet |
formerly of Barton, but late of Scawby, | in this county,
who departed this life | the 14 day of June 1799, | in the
55 year of his age. | This marble was erected by his son |
Sir Henry Nelthorpe Baronet | as a testimony of his affection |
for a tender parent.
On a handsome marble monument against the north wall (R) :
Below this tablet | are deposited the remains of | WiUiam
Grabum, Esq., | late of Kingsforth in this parish, j who
departed this Ufe the 20 November 1826, | aged 59 years. |
Upright, and of manners irreproachable, | he was respected,
humane, generous, cheerful, | and sincere, he was beloved
by all who knew him. | Also two children of the above, |
viz. George, who died the 22 March 1822, | aged 17 years, |
and Charlotte who died the 18 January 1827, | aged 24
years.
On a white marble tablet (R) beneath the above, with these arms
under — Two cross bones saltierwise between four fleur de lis.
Crest — A pheasant [Gatty] :
Sacred to the memory of ] Mary the wife of | Robert Gatty,
Jun^, Esquire, | of Finsbury Square, London, | eldest daughter
of I William Grabum, Esq., of Kingsforth, | who departed
this life 10 March 1823, | aged 28 years, | and was buried in
St Andrew's church | Holbom, London.
On an old stone at the east end of the chancel round the verge :
[Johannes] Cole quowdam vicarius huius eccle^ie qui obiit
tercio die mew-sis Junii anno domini mcccccxxi cujus anime
propic[ietur Deus].
On an old stone very much rubbed :
de Maresco^ Capellanus quondam vicarius
On a monument against the north wall at the west end of the north
aisle :
Sacred to the memory | of Thomas Scrivener | who departed
this life 11 of Nov^ 1774, | aged 66 years. | Also | EUzabeth
Scrivener his wife | who died 21 of Jan^ 1780, | aged 60
years. | Also | Thomas Scrivener son to the above | who
died 5 of May 1805, | aged 50 years.
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On a white marble monument over the north door m the north
aisle :
Near this place | are deposited the remains of EUzabeth
Tombleson | reUct of Joel Tombleson of Lincoln, | and
daughter of | Thomas and Ehzabeth Scrivener, | who departed
this Ufe the 5^^ of Feb^ | 1819, aged 74 years.
Monument against the west wall at the end of the south aisle :
In memory of | Mrs Elizabeth Willan | who died the 13 of
Jan^ 1779, | aged 69 years, | relict of the | Rev^ John Grelder ;
and of the | Rev<^ Thomas WiUan, late vicars j of Barton
upon Humber.
On a stone monument (D) against the south wall close by the
inscription now becoming much obliterated :
Mrs Mary Allanson | of All Hallows Barking, | London, |
was buried Feb. 27, 1734, | aged . . . | Mrs Penelope Allan-
son I daughter of Mr Allanson, | wife of the | Rev Mr Gelder, |
was buried Feb. 7, 1738, | aged 45.
On a monument next to the east :
Here he the remains of the | Rev^i Jolm Gelder, clerk, | who
during the course of | 37 years assiduously performed | the
duties of his oflfice as vicar | of this and St Mary's parishes, |
obiit May 7, 1751.
On a brass in the south aisle these arms engraved over — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, bendy of 6 [argent and gules], over all 3 bucks' heads
cabossed [or] [Beechcroft] ; 2nd, A hon rampant ; 3rd, A bend.
Crest — A beech tree surrounded by paling :
Richard Beechcroft, Esq. | of London | died 23 July 1813, |
aged 39 years.
[This brass is affixed to a much older stone which still retains marks
of an inscription round the border.]
On a blue flat stone at the east end of the south aisle :
Here lyeth the body of IVIr | Kirke Nelthorpe gent, who |
departed this life July the | 26, 1734, aged 42 years.
[Adjoining are two similar Nelthorpe stones dated 173 . and
1749.]
On the flat stones in the south aisle are inscriptions to :
Joseph Brown Gt, died 21 Sept. 1829, set. 63.
Margaret Roberts died 13 June 1822, aet. 75.
John Watt Brown 3 son of Robert Gt died 20 Feb. 1820,
set. 4 months (D).
Henry Browne 4 son of Joseph Gt. died 22 Mav 1829
set. 25.
WiUiam Clarke died 12 Dec. 1805, set. 38.
Robert Ward surgeon August 28, 1809, set. 38 (R).
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Inscriptions on flat stones in the north aisle to :
Helen wife of W^ Mams, Jun^ Gt, died Jan-^ 1, 1775, set.
35 (R).
Arabella daur of Mainwaring & Susan Branston died 22
Nov 1775, set. 35.
Mainwaring Branston died 12 Oct. 1785, aet. 80.
Susanna Branston died 10 March 1795, set. 88.
Frank Abraham died 16 Feb. 1813, set. 46.
Eliz. daur of Richard Eddie, surgeon, & Sarah died July 5,
1822, set. 12.
Will™ Hesleden, Esq., Sol^, died 7 March 1823, set. 72.
Eliz. his wife daur of Mr W™ Smith of Hatchffe died 20 March
1822, set. 72, & their children Ehz., Jane, & John.
William Heselden Graburn son of John Uppleby Grabum
& Elizab. died 8 Nov. 1828, set. 3 weeks and 3 days.
Inscriptions on flat stones in the middle aisle to :
William Benton died Feb. 7, 1807, set. 27.
Will. Benton surgeon died 2 Jan^ 1800, set. 49.
Thomas & Frances Benton parents of Wilham. He died
18 March 1762, set. 36, she Aug. 8, 1767, set. 45.
William Sissons died 25 Oct. 1771, set. 72.
Isabella his wife died 12 Sept. 1785, set. 74.
Richard Richmond died 21 Feb. 1817, set. 81.
Isabella his wife daur of W. & I. Sissons died 26 July 1818,
set. 79.
Benjamin Mackrell 18 Feb. 1812, set. 64.
Anne his wife died 4 May 1811, set. 81.
John Scrivener died 2 Nov^ 1800, set. 60. ||
William his brother died 22 Jan. 1801, set. 58.
Isabella wife of Richard Barrett died 16 April 1776, set. 57.
Richard Barrett died 9 Nov^ 1799, set. 82.
Capt° Richard Thorley died 16 April 1807, set. 53.
Mary his relict 27 Oct. 1833, set. 79.
Mary Margaretta Frideswide Worthington 6 Feb. 1823, set.
10 weeks.
Anne Latham died 31 Dec^ 1831.
Anne wife of Robert Scrivener died 6 June 1744, set. 33.
Mary their daur died 4 June 1736, set. 3.
Robert Scrivener her husband died 22 Oct. 1788, set. 77.
Robert Scrivener died 28 March 1822, set. 85.
On the south wall of the chancel is an elegant monument of white
marble in the ancient English style, formed by a canopy of three
ogee arches, crocketed, trefoiled, with finials : ^
In memory of | William Gildas Esq. | who died on the 5 of
November 1780, | aged 70 years. | This marble was erected by
his I grandaughter Sarah the wife of | George Uppleby, Esq^, of
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Barrow, [ in testimony of his merit and | her affection. ] Sarah
Uppleby, I who inscribed the above memorial, [ departed
this hfe I on the 3^ day of January 1832, | aged 74 years. |
By pure and exalted wisdom, gentle charity, | and self
renunciation, by Holy Love | for the Lord God her Creator
and Saviour, | and by a cheerful resignation to his will, | we
humbly believe her happy Spirit | was prepared for the
everlasting joys of Heaven.
A small yellow and white marble tablet having a white sarcophagus,
surmounted by an uni from which hangs a broken flower. On
the urn is inscribed the words MARIA LVCY. The inscription
below in capitals :
Sacred | to the memory of | Maria Lucy the beloved child
of I Robert and Dorothea Marriott | of Barton Lodge | who
to the inexpressible grief | of her afflicted parents | departed
this life the 19 of July | 1823 | in the twelfth year of her
age.
A modem brass plate in the chancel floor (D) :
George Grabum | the sixth son of | William Grabum, Esq. |
died 22 March 1822, | aged 16 years.
A flat blue stone in the nave, the inscription round the verge in
capitals :
Here lyeth the body of Anthony Empringham of Barton
upon Humber, yeoman, who departed this life the tenth day
of August 1698, in the sixty third year of his age.
Another stone to the south of the last :
Here lieth the body of | Simon Empringham, yeo | man,
late of Kettle by Thorpe, | who departed this life y« | IS***
of Decemb^, in y« year 1723, | in y^ 40 year of his age.
Another stone more to the west :
William Emperingham of | Barton died November the | 24,
1752, aged 64 years. | Also Elizabeth his wife who |
died January the 12, 1744, | aged 56 years, | by whom
he had issue four | daughters, Ehzabeth, Isabell, | Ann, and
Milia.
A white marble monument over a pillar of the nave looking south-
ward, this inscription in capitals :
In memory of | Thomas Marris of Barton upon Humber | in
the county of Lincoln, gent., who | died 19 December 1797,
aged 92, | and of Ehzabeth his wife who died 28 | January
1800, aged 73, | of Sarah their daughter who died in | Jmie
1769, aged 13, | of Robert their eldest son who died | 19 January
1791, aged 46, | of Joseph another of their sons who | died
23 Aug. 1808, aged 58, | and of seven of their children who |
died in infancy, all of whom are interred | near this place. |
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And also in memory of John another of | their sons who was
on board the Repulse | Frigate when lost at sea in the year |
1777 ; he was then in the 22 year of his age.
There are flat stones below to the memory of :
Mary dau"" of Thomas & Mary Marris, died 4 Dec. 1772, set.
9 months.
Sarah dau"" of the same, died 20 April 1783, set. 6.
Thomas Marris, died 3 Jan. 1794, set. 65.
Mary Marris, died 3 Dec^ 1807, aet. 73.
On a modem brass plate in the nave in capitals :
Beneath this stone | are deposited the remains | of the |
Reverend WilUam Uppleby | late vicar of this church | who
departed this life | on the seventh day of April | a.d. 1834, |
aBt. 74.
In the eastern window are 2 figures in painted glass, one of which
is a knight in white armour bearing on his shield and cuirass —
Argent, a plain cross gules. This most probably represents St
George. The other figure is clad after the manner of a pilgrim
in a blue robe covered with a white mantle, his head covered with
a cap bearing an escallop shell. In his right hand is a sword and
in his left a book [for St James of Compostella].
In the east window of the south aisle remain 2 shields : (1) — 1st
and 4th, Gules, a saltier argent charged with a rose (?) of the
field [Nevile] ; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, on a fesse between six cross
crosslets or a crescent sable [Beauchamp] ; (2) Quarterly, but the
first quarter is nearly gone ; part of a cross engrailed or remains,
and the rest has been filled up with a piece of blue glass ; 2nd
and 3rd — Gules, a cross sarcely argent [Bek] ; 4th, Gules, a water
bouget argent.
[Near this window is a tomb slab of blue stone. All that remains
of the brass upon it is a piece containing the feet of the figure,
and another piece with the following inscription :
Hie jacet Robertus Bametby de Barton armiger qui obiit
XX die mens' Septembr' a' d'ni mill'o cccc XL" cujus anime
propicietur Deus Amen.]
On the north wall of the chancel are four atchievements (D) :
I. A lozenge of arms, Nelthorpe with the Ulster coat, impaling —
Or, two bars gules, a bend over all azure.
II. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Nelthorpe, as before ; 2nd, Sable,
a cinquefoil argent, a chief checquey or and azure [Hobson] ;
3rd, Gules, a saltier argent, surmounted of another azure [Andrews] ;
impaling 2 wives, the 1st wife, in chief — Quarterly, 1st and 4th,
Argent, 3 bars wavy azure, over all a bend or ; the 2nd wife —
Argent, a fesse gules between three rooks proper ; 3rd, Argent,
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three martlets within a double treasure flory argent, in base or
two bars gules, over all, a bend azure. Crest of Nelthorpe.
III. Quarterly 1st and 4th, Nelthorpe ; 2nd, [Hobson] ; 3rd,
[Andrews] ; an inescucheon bearing the arms of the first wife in
the last atchievement.
IV, Nelthorpe, impaling — Or, fretty gules, on a chief azure three
water bougets or [Willoughby]. Crest of Nelthorpe.
Another atchievement (D) is at the end of the south aisle, viz.
Nelthorpe, impaling — Or, a bend sable charged with three roses
proper [Cary].
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. x, 180 ; L.R.8. i, 80-1 ; Jeans, 5-6.]
(MS vi, 155-169.)
Note
^ This is evidently Robert Saltmerssh {de Salso Marisco), chaplain,
who was instituted to the vicarage, 18 June, 1424 (Lambeth
Register, Chichele i, f. 240d.).
Notes taken in the church of Basingham, 10 August, 1833 —
On a flat stone in the chancel (D) :
Elias Bishop, Batchelor | of Divinity, late rector | of this
parish, died Jan. | 18, 1742, aged 52. | Elizabeth his wife |
died Jan. 10, 1735, | aged 31.
On the next flat stone (D) :
Hie jacet Jacobus Metford [ a.m., per sexaginta fere annos |
rector hujus ecclesise, obiit | 4*0 die Januarii a.d. 1720, |
aetatis suae 88.^
On another flat stone (D) :
Here | lies the body of | Sophia Jane j eldest daughter of the
Rev. D, S. Wayland, a.m., | vicar of Kirton in Lindsey | and
perpetual curate of | Thurlby in this county, | and Jane his
wife. I She died on Sunday Feb. 13, | 1825, aged 77 years. |
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit | is in the sight of
God of great price.
On another flat stone (D) :
Ursley Thompson wife of | Will. Thompson gent. | departed
this life Nov. 22, | 1721, | in the 44th year of her age.
On a board against the north wall of the church are the names
of the benefactors (R) :
Sir WiUiam Thorold, Knt & Bart, & Lady Anne Thorold
his wife, gave by deed, dated Sept. 21^*, 1670, the sum of
forty shillings yearly for ever to be distributed to eight of
the poorest people of this parish on St Thomas's day by
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the minister, churchwardens and overseer of the poor, or
any three of them, so that the minister be one, to be paid out
of the close commonly called Tuft Hill.
John Lambe of this town, by his last will 1670, gave twelve
pounds, the interest of which was to be paid by the rector
& overseers to the poor at Christmas & Easter by equal
portions.
John Garnet of this town, by his last will 1672, likewise gave
twelve pounds, the interest of which was to be paid by the
rector & overseers to the poor at Christmas & Easter by
equal portions.
The parishioners with these legacies and their own contribu-
tions, bought the poore Close.
Sir Christopher Nevil Kn* 1692. gave to this parish thirty
pounds, the interest of which was to be paid by the Rector
& overseers to the poor at Christmas & Easter by equal
portions. The money was laid out in the purchase of
Harrisons Moor, north of the Fen lane.
Robert Jessop left to the poor of this parish by will dated
Jan 4*^ 1714, a rent charge of Ten ShiUings a year for ever
to be paid on St. Thomas's day, out of a close known by
the name of the four Acres, which lyes south of Linga
Lane.
Poole Savage, Gentleman, late of Lincoln by his last will dated
318t July 1823 gave £200 the interest of which was to be
distributed every Christmas by the minester & church-
wardens amongst the poor of the parish of Bassingham whom
they should think fit objects of Charity.
On a handsome white marble tablet against the north wall of the
chancel in capitals (R) :
In memory of | Poole Savage, gentleman, | who after having
for the space of thirty five years | fulfilled the duties of a
confidential situation | in the city of Lincoln | with exemplary
faithfulness and abihty | And | having adorned his Christian
profession by his | Decided piety his unostentatious benevo-
lence I and uniform consistency of conduct ( departed this
life the 28th August 1828. | In humble yet firm hope of a
happy Eternity | through the alone merits of an ever blessed |
Redeemer | aetat. 50.
On a flat stone in the chancel (D) :
Here | lyeth the body of Martha widow | of the late Mr John
Grant | and daughter of Joseph Farmory | of Normanton
in the county of | Nottingham, gent. ; she died the | 12 of
March, a.d. mdccxl", aged | 60 years.
This church consists of a nave and south aisle supported on
three pointed arches with round columns, a chancel, and north aisle
BASTON 33
used as a school, a screen from the nave to the chancel, and a
tower at the west end. There has once been a north aisle which
appears from the piers and arches in the wall. The pulpit is carved
and has on it I M D R 1674. There are some old pews and benches,
and the poor box is very curious ; it is inscribed W S 1668. The
font is octagon, pannelled in quatrefoils and shields,
[See also L.R.8. i, 243.]
(MS xii, 35-38.)
Note
^ He was instituted 15 March, 1660-1, which makes an incum-
bency of 60 years.
Notes taken in the church of Basingthorpe, July 12, 1834-
This church consists of a nave and south aisle divided by three
Norman arches and a tower and spire at the west end. The chancel
is divided from the nave by a fine Norman arch with the billet
moulding. The arch between the nave and tower is sharp pointed.
There is a south porch, and in the south aisle a piscina. On the
south side of the church yard stands a fine old manor house of
stone with bay mullioned windows, the chimneys tall, and the
gables ornamented with battlementing. A. L.^ could not leam if
this was the house of the Coneys of Basingthorpe. ^ It is and
was inhabited by M"" Gibson for thirty years, and is used as a
farm house.
There is only one monumental memorial in this church on a flat
stone in the chancel (R) rather rubbed :
In memory of | Mr Edward Powers | who dep®'^ this life |
Dec. xsdi, mdccix | in y® 67 year of | his age.
(MS V, 15-16.)
Notes
^ That is Arthur Staunton Larken, W. J. Monson's brother-in-
law.
^ This was the house of the Coneys.
^asiton
NotewS taken in the church, [blank'] Julj', 1833 —
On a flat stone in the chancel :
Here lieth the body | of Thomas Norton | who died Sept.
y^ 23, 1751, I aged 49 years. | Also Fra^ liis wife who j died
May y« 2^, 1759, aged | 68 years.
On another stone :
Here | lieth the body of | George Norton, Esq. | who died |
June 15, 1823, | aged 56 years.
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On another stone :
Here | lieth the body of | T. G. Norton | who died | November
28, 1831, I in the thirteenth | year of his | age.
On a black stone in the chancel :
Here | Heth the body of | Jacob Sawbridge, Esq. ] late
Lieutenant Colonel | in the first troop of | Granadier Guards |
who died May 26, 1796, | aged fifty two years. | He was the
only son of | Jacob Sawbridge, Esq. | of Canterbury, and |
Ann Brodnax his wife | both deceased.
Another flat stone to the south much rubbed (D) :
Hie jacet Edwardus | Stokes quondam vi | carius ecclesise |
.... Sep. 7, I Anno Do' 1638.
Another flat stone to the south of the last (D) :
Here Heth the body of | Elizabeth Standish who departed |
this life April y^ 3, 1750, in | the 45 year of her age.
On a black stone tablet on the east wall of the chancel (R) :
Sacred | to the memory of | WilUam Hunt, Esq. | who
died I April 5, 1823, | aged 70 | years.
On a tablet on the north side of the nave (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Ann Tidswell | wife of [ Benjamin
Tidswell, Esq. | of Chorlton House | near Manchester | who
departed this life | January 21, 1830, | aged 57 years.
On a black and white tablet against a pillar on the south side of
the nave :
Sacred to | the memory of | Edw. Johnson who died | February
ist, 1824, aged 74 years.
Flat stone in the nave, at the west end, rubbed (D) :
Here | lyeth the body of | George Fo . m . .^ yeoman | who
departed this | life November the 6th, | 1679. | Near also
lyeth I Catherine his wife | who departed this | life November
the 26, ... .
In the south aisle is a stone in which have been brasses of 2 figures
with labels from their mouths and an inscription under, but now
all gone.
At the east end of the same aisle has been another brass inscription
now also gone (D).
(MS i, 127-131.)
Note
^ This inscription was evidently difficult to read in W. J. Monson's
day, and it has now disappeared. The surname should probably
be Banner, for the only burial about that time is that of George
Banner on 6 November ; and it was a common practice at that
time to bury a person on the day of his death. George Bonner had
4 hearths in the Hearth Tax Return of 23 Charles II. The burial
of his wife Catherine is not to be fomid at Baston.
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JBaumber
Notes taken in the church, 17 October, 1840 — This is a good
modern built brick church, consisting of a nave separated from a
north and south aisle by three pointed arches, and a chancel. It
is entered at the west end by a neat Norman door.
On a fiat stone in the north aisle (R) in old text :
Orate pro awiwabws Johannis Eland armigeri Alicie et Ehza-
bethe uxorwm eiusdem qui Johannes obiit xix die Marcii
Anno dommi miWesinio cccc^ Ixxiij cujus que anim&hiis
proptcietwr deus [sic].
This inscription is cut round the stone.
In the chancel on a grave stone on the south side :
Here Heth the body of Priscilla | the wife of Francis CHnton
ak'os I Fjmes, Esq. who departed this | life Feb 15, a.d. 1679.
On a grave stone on the north side of the chancel :
Here Heth the body of Francis | CUnton alias Fynes, Esq.,
grandson | of Henry Lord Clinton, Earl of | Lincoln, who
departed this life | Feb. 5, a.d. 1681.
On a tablet on the south side of the arch between the church and
the chancel :
In a vault beneath near his beloved wife j lie the remains
of John Willson, Esq. | for manj'^ years a resident of this
parish. | He married Nov. 9, 1780, Mary | youngest daughter
of John Tunnard | of Frampton Hall in this comity, Esq. |
By her he had 7 children, | six of whom survive him. | After
sufEering for some years | by a paralytic affection, | he was
suddenly removed [ from this mortal scene | at his house
in Broadgate, Lincoln, | Feb. 1, 1816, aged 61 years.
On a tablet on the north side of the same arch :
Near this place | lieth interred the body of | Mary the wife
of I John Willson | who departed this life Aug. 9, | 1789, |
aged 35 years. | Also | Elizabeth their daughter | who died
in her infancy | March 27, 1785.
On a tablet in the south wall of the church :
Sacred to the memory | of Joseph Barker | who was interred
near this place | March 10, 1776, aged 50. | Like-wdse of Sarah
Rowlands | reUct of the above Joseph Barker | who was
interred April 7, 1795, aged 53. | Likewise of the ReV^ Elhs
Rowlands, | many years muiister of this place, | who was
interred Nov. 13, 1797, | aged 52.
On a grave stone on the left hand immediately on entering the
church :
Here lieth the body | of Mr Robert Southwell | Inter'd Aug.
8, 1724, I aged (the rest effaced).
[See also L.B.S. i, 135-6 : Weir, Hornmsfle, p. 54.]
(MS ix, 231-234.)
36 BECKINGHAM
Notes taken in the church, 10 August, 1833 —
A brass plate in the floor of the chancel the inscription in
capitals :
Thomas WiUiamson sacrse theologise professor | Roberti
WiUiamson sacrse theologise professoris | fihus natu maximus
et rector ecclesise de | Beckingham resurrectionem pie
expectat. | Obiit anno setatis suae xlviii et salutis nostras |
MDCXXXIX.
On a black tablet against the south waU of the chancel :
Near this place lyeth | the body of the Rev. Mr | Thomas
Robinson | Master of Arts late of | St Johns College Cam |
bridge & curate of this | parish who departed | this life y®
5tb of March, | 1769, | aged 61 years.
On a brass plate is a stone tablet against the north wall of the
chancel in capitals :
Near | this place lies the body | of Mr Robert Hacket a.m. |
of the Society of Magdalen | College in Oxon and | Rector
of this church. | He was a descendant of | that worthy and
learned | Prelate of the Church | Dr John Hacket Bishop
of I Litchfield and Coventry. \ He died December | the 19,
1733, I aged 29 | years.
This church consists of a nave, two aisles supported by four
pointed arches springing from clustered columns, a chancel having
in the east window some good painted glass at the top, the lower
part blocked up by the altar screen ; in the other windows are
some painted glass. The south porch is a fine Early Enghsh one,
with the chevron and dog-tooth moulding. At the west end is a
pinnacled tower.
[See also L.R.S. i, 226 ; Jeans, 6,]
(MS xii, 19-20.)
iHeesibp in tlje iMars^f)
Notes taken in the church of Bees by, 18 August, 1835 — The
church of Beesby consists of a nave, a south aisle divided from
it by four pointed arches, a chancel, and wooden tower at the west
end. The font is octagon, supported on a shaft of clustered pillars.
The roof of the church is thatched, except the aisle which is
leaded. There is no monument or inscription whatever in the
church.
[See also Lines. N. & Q, x, 202.]
(MS vi, 119.)
BELTON IN THE ISLE OF AXHOLME 37
iielton in tlje Ssile of axfjolme
Notes taken in the church of Belton, 10 September, 1835 —
An altar tomb^ in the north aisle with a black table slab surrounded
by iron rails. Arms — Three crescents [Rjrther] ; impahng — A
saltier engrailed [Francke]. [Above the arms are two crests —
(1) A jack boot spurred (Ryther) ; (2) A hawk (Francke)] :
Here lyeth the body of Rob. | Ryther Esq. jun., who departed |
March the 7, Anno Dom' 1695, | in the 44 year of his age.
On a similar altar tomb^ next to the last with the arms and crest of
Ryther :
Here lyeth the body of Rob. | Ryther, Sen., Esq., who
departed | Octo. the 18, Ann. Dom. 1693, | in the 62 year
of his age. | Also | to the memory of Rebecca Barton widow |
one of the daughters of Rob. Ryther, Esq. | and Margaret
his wife, | which Rebecca married to her first husband |
Edward Hartopp, Esq., and to her second husband | John
Barton, Esq., both of London, | by neither of whom she left
any issue living. | The s,*^ Rebecca died the 4 day of January
1741, I aged 77 years, | & lies buried in St Andrews Church
Holboum I London.
On a white marble tablet against the north wall with these arms
quarterly — 1st and 4th, Or, on a bend sable 3 eagles displayed
[for Popplewell] ; 2nd and 3rd, Or, a mullet sable [Steer] ; impahng —
.... a tree, on a chief or a mullet. Crest — A greyhound's head :
Sacred to the memory of | Robert Popplewell Steer | Esquire
of Doncaster | in the county of York, | who departed this
life I on the 28 day of | September, in the year | of our Lord
1826, I aged 45 years, | and whose remains lie | interred near
to this monument. | He was an amiable man | in private
life, and distinguished as | a kind husband | an affectionate
father, | and a sincere friend.
On a monument against the east wall in the Bellwood burying
place, as well as the last, with an urn over :
In I memory of | Katharine late wife | of Alan Johnson Esq.
of I Temple Belwood in this | Parish, who was the elder
of I the two daughters and coheirs of | Richard PopleweU
Esq. late of the same place, by Elizabeth his | late wife, whose
maiden name was | Smith of Newland Park near | Wakefield
in Yorkshire, which | said Katharine died 31 Jan^ 1786, |
aged 69 j'ears | and lies interred m this chancel.
The old altar tomb of ... , Belwood stands on the north side of
the chancel, between it and the present Temple Belwood burpng
place. On it lies a figure, but the face quite mutilated, down
the breast is a cross, there are three pamiels on the south side of
the tomb, in each of which a shield ; the most western has this
38 BELTON IN THE ISLE OF AXHOLME
coat — A fess embattled between three escallops . . . The next
shield has a bordure engrailed, but no bearings ; and the third is
quite plain :
On a flat stone (D) in front of the Belwood burying place, and
at the end of the north aisle ; the inscription runs in double lines
and capitals round the verge and is very deeply cut :
Here lyethe Robert Movnsovn [esq., late of Belton, and
was buried the third of Avgvst, a.d. 1555, whom God] hath
called to his mercy. Also here lyeth Margaret Movnsovn
[his wife only daughter and heiress of Francis Belwood, esq.,
bvried 24th] of Ivly A^ Domini 1570.
The spaces left blank^ are where the edge of the stone is under the
raised floor of the Belwood chapel.
An ancient flat stone in the north aisle (R) has had an inscription
round the verge, the south side of which has been shamefully
destroyed by the laying down of a pipe for the stove ; what
remains is :
Hie jacet WilleZmus Evers Armiger et Agnes uxor eius filia
et heres WWlelmi Gardiner [qui obiit 3 die mensis Feb.
et Agnes 16 die mensis Nov.] mccccc.
A flat stone in the north aisle in capitals (D) :
Hie jacet corpus sub hoc | Tumulo Johannis^ Sheffeld |
Armigeri nuper de Beltoft, | secundi filii Roberti Sheffeld j
miUtis qui obiit 6*° die Novembris | Anno D'ni 1526, et
Corpus I Janse Sleford nuper de Beltoft | senioris fiUae Johannis
Sheffeld | quae obiit 27 die Novembris, a.d. 1588.
Below in more modem characters :
Here lyeth the body ( of Richard [ gentleman.
The rest is hid under the iron rails of y® Belwood burying place.
Another old stone (D) has an inscription in two lines round the
verge in old capitals, but much defaced what remains is :
Hie jacet Robertus Ca[ister] . . Braken qui obiit . . . die
Januarii Anno Hie jacet Robertus Caister ....
Alius prsedicti Roberti sui animam exanimavit
Novemb. die 5, an
A flat blue stone in the Belwood burying place, being a chapel
partly railed off, north of the chancel. These arms cut over —
Popple well impahng Ryther. Crest ~a cubit arm embowed . . . ,
holding a javelin. Below this inscription in itaUcs :
Hie jacet Catherina uxor | Rob^* Poplewell Arm'i | fiHa Rob.
Ryther Arm' | Quae obiit 9° Jan* 1711, | 50 aetatis suae, | ex
qua Rob. Poplewell natus | et Ric. Poplewell haeres | solus
supers tes.
BELTON IN THE ISLE OF AXHOL^IE 39
Below in common characters :
Also here heth the body of Robert | Steer, Esq., late of
Santoft. He | departed this Ufe y® 24 of October | 1773,
aged 60 years.
Another to the north, arms the same as the last, in italics also :
Hie jacet Rob. Poplewell arm'^ | 12^^ Davidis Poplewell | qui
obiit 24 lO^i'is^ Anno Dom. 1720, | setatis suae 69°. [ Etiam
Rob. Robi Poplewell qui | ob. Lond. 170f, 15 iEtat. suae. |
Juvenis multis num^ absolutus. | Etiam Rob. Rici Poplewell |
Arm. qui ob. 2^0 Tbris 1719^ | 411 iEtat. suae.
Below in common characters :
Here also lies interred the body of Ehzabeth Steer | relict
of Robert Steer, Esq., late of Santoft Grove and one | of
the coheiresses of Rich. Poplewell, Esq'", late of | Temple
Bel wood in the parish of Belton. She departed | this life
on the 11 day of March, in the year of our | Lord 1780, & in
the 61 year of her age.
Another to the north, arms Poplewell impaling — Per saltier . . .
2 trefoils shpped palewise [for Smith] :
Here | hes y^ body of Richard Poplewell, Esq. | late of Temple
Belwood in y^ Parish, | who departed this life 16 April 1752 |
in the 64th year of his age. | He was 2^ son of Robert Pople-
well I late of Temple Belwood aforesaid, by | Kath^ his wife,
one of the daughters of [ Robert Ryther, Esq., of Belton. |
The s^ Richard was sheriff of y^ County | of Lincoln in y®
year 1739, and by | Ehz. his wife, one of the daughters | of
John Smith of Newland near | Wakefield in y* county of York,
Esq. I which s^i Ehz. died at Wakefield y« 22 | Oct. 1751,
aged 56, & is buried in Wakef*^ | church. He had three children
vidt., I Robert, Kath^, & Ehztb.
On another more to the north :
In memory' | of Frances the wife of | Richard Ryder Popple-
well Steer | of Santoft Grove, who departed | this life the 22<^
day of May | 1784, in the 25 year | of her age.
On a brown stone more to the north, in capitals :
In memory of W. P. B. Johnson Esq. | bom 18 of April 1788, |
died 3d of April, 1831.
A white marble tablet against the south pillar of the arch to the
north aisle, in capitals :
Sacred | to the memory of | Jane Penelope, | eldest daughter |
of Robert Popple well | and Elizabeth Steer, | who died in the
1 day of I March 1826, | aged 12 yesiTs and 2 months. | Her
course was gentle as the | newborn babe [ Her mind more
noble than the | towering wave | Her heart was wrap'd within [
a charming frame | It burst ! I she died I ! but \ spotless was
her name.
40 BELTON IN THE ISLE OF AXHOLME
[On the east face of the westerly of the two pillars dividing the
chancel from the north choir is a small brass tablet with the
inscription in italic letters :
Here heth the body | of Ehz. wife of Mr Rich'd | Taylor of
Hyrst, who | departed this Hfe | the 30th Nov. 1728, |
Aet. 50.]
(MS vii, 91-100.)
Notes
^ The two tombs have been lowered, and the railings removed,
to make way for the organ.
^ The missing words have been suppUed enclosed in square
brackets from the collections of John Ross.
^ John Ross gives this name as Roberti.
Picfeer
Notes taken in y® church, 30 September, 1839 — This church is
built upon a curious plan. The west end of the nave rests upon
two fine Norman arches decorated with the nail head and chevron
moulding. The westernmost pier is circular, the next is clustered.
To the eastward of this is the tower supported on four lofty Early
English arches springing from clustered columns, and having deep
architrave mouldings. Beyond the tower, the nave and aisles
continue supported on three English arches on each side which
have plain piers. The chancel, which is only three paces in length,
is entered by a low rectangular arch (D), the top of which is only
about half the height of the building, so that the east window is
visible over it. This window is a fine Early English one, lancet,
of three lights, having shafts and mouldings. In the north wall is
a lancet, and in the south a Decorated window. On the south side
are three Early English stalls. The clerestory of the western nave
is Norman, and very good ; that of the eastern low, consisting of
two lancet windows, and two round ones. The other windows of
the church are mostly Decorated. There are no transepts, but the
aisles are straight through from east to west, and are entered from
y® tower by Early English arches. There are seven bells. The
south porch is Early English, and the upper part of the tower has
four Decorated early windows. The Norman clerestory on the
exterior northern side is very handsome and perfect, and has the
cornice formed by a nebule moulding which likewise appears on
the north side.
A white stone tablet against the west wall of the south, aisle :
In memory of | the Rev<^ Benjamin Hinckerman, | m.a., who
was vicar of | this place during the | term of 28 years. | Interr'd
Aug. y® 28, 1744. | Obiit in charitate omnibus. | Christiana
his I wife died Feb^ 24, 1747.
BILLINGBOROUGH 41
On a black flat stone in the chancel (D) :
In memory of | the Rev^ Anthony Bailey | Minister of this
church I & Gosberton 21 years, | who died Dec^ 5, 1795, | aged
50 years.
The eastern part of the south aisle is enclosed for the purpose
of a school. The font is Norman.
[See also L.R.S. i, 171 ; Churches of Holland.']
(MS ix, 217-219.)
JBillinglioroiigf)
Notes taken in the church, 27 July, 1833 —
On a white marble tablet south of the chancel with an urn above •
Near this place | lieth interred the body of | the Rev^ John
Towers | vicar of this parish and | Threkingham, who departed |
this life November 3, 1802, | aged 82 years.
On another very similar to the east of the last :
Sacred to the memory | of John Essington, gent., | who died
on the xxviii of Ocf, | in the year of our Lord mdccxcix, |
and in the Lxvn*^ year | of his age.
On an oval marble tablet against the north wall of the chancel :
M. S. I Roberti Kelham | ecclesianim de BiUingburgh |
Threkingham et Walcot vicarii | quidem plusquam 50
annos | viri probi docti faceti | qui ob. 23 Apr. 1752, ast.
75, I necnon Marise Kelham | quse obiit enixa 19 Oct. 1728,
set. 41. I Rob. Kelham et Avisia Cathrop | soli ex duodecim
liberis superstites | ut perpetuum sui amoris j et mseroris
parentum | optimorum testimonium | hoc monumentum |
posuere.
On a stone, painted like marble, against the north west of the
chancel (R) :
Sacred | to the memory of | William eldest son of the late |
William Westmoreland, Esq., | who departed this life | February
VI, MDCCCXXViii, I aged 50 years, } beloved, respected, and
lamented.
On a flat stone much defaced (D) :
[Tumujlantur | hie Thomas, | Maria, et Maria, | aetat. infantih (
omnes R*^ Kelham | vicarii et Maria | uxor : Hberi | Thomas
ob. Dec. I . . 1714, Maria | Mart. 20, 1715, | Maria 2da Apr. |
23, 1717.
There is a little more but too much defaced to be legible.
A tablet commemorates that, on 29 Sept., 1827, Thomas Buckberry
of Billingborough, gent., bequeathed £100 to be distributed in
bread on the first Sunday in the months of November, December,
January, February, and March.
42 BILLINGBOROUGH
A white marble lozenge-shaped tablet against the south comer of
the arch to y® chancel, surmounted by y® crest of a goat's head
[Toller] :
Johannes Toller | Armiger | serviens ad legem | obiit decimo
quarto die Novembris, | Anno Domini 1737, | setat. 53. |
Moritur ut vivat.
A circular tablet below (D) :
R,gydu8 Brownlow Toller, ll.b., | Johannis filius, | obiit quarto
die Septembris, | Anno Domini 1791, | setat. 61, | cui vivere
fuit Christus mori lucrum | Memoriae sacrum Annae uxoris |
Rev^* Brownlow Toller, ll.b., | quae annos nata 69, diem
obiit I supremum mensis | Januarii 27, 1803.
Another still more below (D) :
Sacred to the memory of | William Westmoreland, Esq., | who
departed this life 28 Sept. 1816, | in the 70th year of his age.
Marble tablet against the south wall :
To the memory of | John Saywell, gent., | who departed this
life I the 3 of April 1777, | aged 45 years, | also Lydia his wife |
who departed this life | December 1st, 1796, | in the 56th year
of her I age.
A handsome marble tablet more to the west, with um over, and
inscription in Gothic characters :
Sacred | to the memory of | Mary Wayet. I She was born
March 31, 1770, [ and died Dec. 6, 1831.
Another tablet over the south door :
To the memory | of John Greenham | who died 11 December
1793, I aged 58 years. | Also Elizabeth his wife \ who died
5th March 1795, | aged 61 years.
Another still more to the west with these arms below — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Argent, a bend wavy sable [Burton] ; 2nd and 3rd,
Argent, a lion rampant between 7 fleur de lis sable [Buckminster].
Crest : An armed arm holding a spear proper. Motto : Ab illustri
pago :
Josephus Burton, gen. | obiit xxvin die Septembris |
MDCCLXi I in anno setatis suae | lxxii. | Thomas Burton gen. |
filiusque illius | obiit xxvii die Decembris mdcclxh | in anno
aetatis suae xlvi.
A marble tablet against the wall at the west end of the nave :
In memory of | Thomas Buckberry gent. | of this parish, |
who died 7 June 1828, | aged 74 years.
A similar one below :
Sacred | to the memory | of Mary the wife of | Thomas Buck-
berry, gent., I who departed this life | 12 March 1809, | aged
50 years.
BITCHFIELD 43
Another still lower :
Sacred | to the memory of Eliza the wife of | James Cuthbert
Mason, surgeon, | who departed this life 15 August 1810, |
aged 24 years, | the only child of | Tho. and Mary Buckberry. |
Life how short, | Eternity how long.
This church is spacious and consists of a nave and two aisles
supported on three lofty pointed arches springing from high
clustered columns, a chancel, and a fine tower and spire at y^ west
end of the south aisle. The west window is of four lights in the
decorated style, as are the other windows. There are eight
clerestory windows each side.
[See also L.R.S. i, 189.]
(MS ii, 221-228.)
Pttcf)ftelb
Notes taken in the church, 12 July, 1834 — This church consists
of a nave and north aisle divided by three Norman arches on tall
columns, a chancel separated by a pointed arch from the nave,
and a tower and spire at the west end. To the north of the arch
to the chancel is a pinnacled small niche, and by the pillar next
to it is a grotesque head supporting a bracket. The rafters of the
roof are supported by figures holding shields, and at the inter-
sections are ornamented. The font is octagon, pannelled with
shields in quatre foyles, but it is so much daubed with paint that
the bearings could hardly be discovered. These I made out :
(1) a lily ; (2) a bend between three roses ; (3) a mullet ; and
(4) a bend surmounted by a mullet. The east end of the north
aisle is used as a vestry. The only register A[rthur] L[arken]
could find in the chest was a modem one of marriages. On the
communion chalice is this inscription :
Edward Saul, vicar, gave this | flagon to the church of Bich-
field, I 1668.
On a blue flat stone (D) in the chancel is a brass plate, bearing a
lozenge of these arms — . . . , on a chevron . . . between 3 falcons
heads erazed ... as many cinquefoyls [Jackson] ; and this
inscription in capitals :
Here lyeth interred | the body of Elizabeth | Lack, daughter
in la we | to Phillip Dallowe, | esquire. Shee depar | ted this life
the 28th | day of September, | Anno D'ni 1661, | ^tatis
suae 11,
On a flat stone (D) to the north of the last, with these arms cut
above, much rubbed, but seem to be — on a fesse .... between
3 lions seiant ... as many crescents . . . ; crest — on an esquire's
helmet a demy Hon rampant. Inscription in capitals :
Hie jacet corpus [ PhiUppi Dallowe | armigeri civis et |
44 BITCHFIELD
senatoris Londinii | et hujus comitatus | irenarchae, qui obiit |
secundo die Augusti, | Ao D'ni 1666.
On another stone (D), more to the north, in capitals :
Mary the wife | of | Master John WoodroSe | was | buried
March y^ 12, | Anno Dom' 1685.
On another, to the north, in capitals :
Here lieth the ( body of Will | iam Woodroffe | gent, who
dyed | Octob. 17, | A^ D'ni | 1652.
On a flat stone in the north aisle (D) :
In I memory of | Edward Bleuit j who died NoV 5, 1802, |
aged 46 years,
(followed by some verses not worth transcribing.)
In the nave is a large blue stone (R) in which have been brasses
of a man and woman with labels issuing from their mouths, and
of two sets of children, inscription and four shields at the comers,
the whole now gone.
(MS V, 11-14.)
PIpborougl)
Notes taken in the church, 12 September, 1835 —
A fine tomb (R) of brown sand stone under the arch which divides
the chancel from the north chapel on which is the figure of a priest
in cope^ and stole with a cross down his breast, on which are 4
water bougets, his hands are clasped and his head rests on a cushion
supported by two angels, whose heads are broken off. The face
of the priest is mutilated, but the figure and inscription very perfect,
the feet rest upon a greyhound which has also been decapitated.
The inscription runs round the cornice in church text :
Hie iacet dominus Robertus Conyng quondam rector istius
ecclesie qui obiit tercio die Mensis Maii anno domini millesimo
ccccxxxiiij cuius anime propicietur deus amen.
At the east end or foot of the monument these arms — A cross
charged with 5 water bougets ; and on the south side are three
shields ; two of them are hid by a pew. The others are — (1),
Quarterly, France and England ; (2), three water bougets. The
cornice under the ledge of the altar slab is ornamented with roses
and lions' heads.
On an altar tomb in the chapel north of the chancel (R) :
Here lyeth the body | of Edmund Southcote, Esq. | of Bly-
borough in the | County of Lincoln, Junior, | who departed
this life I on the 28 of March 1725, | in the 47th year of his
age. I Credo videre bona Domini | in terra viventium.
On a flat stone in the same chapel :
Here lyeth the | body of Edmund | Southcote, Esq. | who
departed | this life on the | xxnii of June | mdccxv, | in the
BLYBOROUGH 45
sixty fourth | year of his age, | Expectans | expectavi |
Dominum | et intendit | mihi.
On the next stone to the above more to the east :
Here lieth the | body of Dorothy | the wife of | Edmund
Southcoat I Esq. who died | October 19, | Anno Dom. | 1714, |
in the 60 year | of her age. | I waited long | for my | Salvacion.
On a white marble oval tablet (R) against the east wall of the
chapel :
To I the memory j of | John Broadley, Esq., & Elizabeth
his relict, of | Blyborough in this County. He departed this
life I at Bath, the 25 of October 1794, aged 64, and was |
interred in the Abbey Church of that City. His widow | died
at Blyborough on the 2^^ of April, 1823, in the 89 year | of
her age, and her remains are deposited in | the family vault
adjoining this | tablet.
On a white marble tablet (R) against the east wall of the chapel
with an urn over the inscription in capitals :
In this vault [ are deposited the mortal remains of | Peter
John Luard of Blyborough, | formerly Captain in the 4th
Dragoons, | who died May 23, 1830, | in the 76 year of his
age, I and of his wife Louisa Luard | daughter of the late |
Charles Dalbiac, Esq. | She died January 4, 1831, | in the 70
year of her age. | To the memory of the best of parents | this
monument is dedicated | by their grateful children.
An atchievement (R) against the east wall of the chapel — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Sable, a lion rampant or, holding an estoile argent
[for Luard] ; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, a chevron between three
estoiles or ; impaling — Or, a tree proper, on a chief gules a black
knight issuing with arms extended [Dalbiac]. Crest : A demi
lion or, holding an estoile argent. Motto : Prospice.
Another atchievement (D) of a lozenge — Or, a chevron gules
between three curry combs sable ; on an inescucheon — Gules, a
chevron between 3 mullets or.
The church has had a north aisle divided from the nave by three
very broad arches, the colunms having fohated capitals. The
arch between the nave and chancel is pointed, and a low tower
at the west end. There is a chapel on the north of the chancel
part of which is now wholly walled up. On the north side of the
Communion table has been an ogee arch with a very handsome
finial. It is now blocked up, but it was under this obviousl}^ that
the Conyng tomb formerly stood. The font is an octagon, and
the base of the shaft is scupltured with flowers.
(MS vii, 5-10.)
Note
^ The vestment is a chasuble.
46 BLYTON
Notes taken in the church, 5 September, 1835 — This church
consists of a nave and aisles resting on three pointed arches on
each side ; a chancel divided by a low pointed arch ; with a
pinnacled tower, containing three bells at the west end. The
chancel was rebuilt about 1822. The west pillars of the south aisle
are clustered ; the others are octagonal. The font is of the usual
octagonal form, ornamented with foliage. There are a piscina
and locker at the east end of the south aisle.
On a flat stone within the altar rails :
Sacred | to the memory of | the Rev^ John Alderson | who
was 44 years curate | of Blyton. | He departed this life | March
17, 1830, I aged 84 years. | Blessed are the poor in spirit for
theirs is | the kingdom of Heaven. | Also of Nancy wife of |
the above Rev^ John Alderson | who departed this Hfe | Sep-
tember 4th, 1832, I aged 42 years. | The Sacrifices of God are
a broken ( Spirit : A broken and a contrite Heart, | O God.
thou wilt not despise.
Flat stones in the chancel to the memory of (D) :
William Harrison, died 29 Dec. 1816, set. 64, of Wharton.
Anne his relict, died 3^ May 1829, set. 70.
Elizabeth their dau^, wife of X'fer Rogers of Gainsbro', died
11 July, set. 35.
Henry their son died an infant, 3 Sept. 1828.
Wilham Brumby of Wharton, 4 June 1779, set. 41.
And in the nave to :
Abigail wife of John Welch, died 23 Sept. 1816, set. 75 (D).
William Wright of Wharton, died 10 May 1818, set. 78.
Sarah his wife, died 23 Dec^. 1811, set. 63.
On a brass plate against the south wall of the chancel in capitals :
Memorise Sacrum. | In expectance of the Resurrection | Here
quietlye sleepe the little bodyes of William | and Elizabeth
2 of the children of S^ | John Wray of Wharton, knt and bart,
and I the Lady Grisella his wife having | only seen the world
and left it.
^, ... Hie Nov. 17 .„ T^' • 1613 ^ ^ prime
^b"* Ilia Mart. 3 ^° ^ ^^ 1615 «iense setat. ^^^^^
Heu vix ostensam terris cur palUda sexus
Funere crudeli Mors utriusque rapit
Progeniem Cselis ut pignus utrique Parentum
Filia sit Matri fihus arrha Patri.
Whom scarce the world yet saw say cruel death
Why didst of each sex one deprive of breath,
That either parent might in Heaven have one
To be their pledge till they in person come.
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. xi, 41 ; LM.S. i, 148 ; Jeans, 7.]
(MS viii, 187-189.)
BOOTHBY PAGNELL 47
Pooti)l)|> $agneU
Notes taken in the church of Booth by Paynell, July 12, 1834 —
This church is handsome. It consists of a nave and aisles separated
by two Norman arches, a chancel, and a tower at the west end,
also a south porch. The arch from the nave to the chancel is
pointed, and that to the tower round. The chancel has a north
aisle or chapel divided from it by two pointed arches, and enclosed
by a railing close by the steps leading to the altar is in appearance
the base of a cross or pillar with a hole for the insertion of the shaft.
The east window is of five lights and decorated. In the chancel
windows is a little stained glass but no arms. On the south west
pinnacle of the tower is a shield bearing two chevrons [Paynell].
Over the chancel gable is an ornamented cross.
In the chapel north of the chancel against the north wall is a
handsome monument (R) of white marble having a bust of a man
in flowing wig, and a lady in the costume of Charles II time. Over
them is a blank shield of arms, and the monument is ornamented
with cherubs, drapery, etc. Below the busts is this inscription on
a white slab :
Ex antiqua Lloydorum de Melverley apud Salopienses familia |
Elizabetha Francisci Tyrwhit de Kettleby in hoc com. Line,
armigeri. | Deinde Abelis Litchford armigeri hujus ecclesiae
patroni et manerii | domini itemque monumenti istius marmorei
authoris conjux fsemina | prsestantissima pia misericors modesta
in pauperes effusa virtute | omni et divitiis omata ingenio
et forma clara magna cum spe beatae | resurrectionis animam
Deo reddidit 28 Oct., a.d. 1696, aetatis suae 63. | Tu autem
Lector quod tuum est age | Supremi Judicii memor.
Of the antient family of the Lloyds of Melverley in Shropshire
Elizabeth | wife first of Francis Tyrwhit of Kettleby in this
County of Lincoln, Esq., | afterwards of Abel Litchford, Esq.,
patron of this church, lord of this manour, | and owner of this
marble monument, an excellent woman, pious, merciful,
modest, | abounding in her charity to y^ poor, adorned with
every virtue and with riches, | eminent for her wit and beauty,
in great hopes of a blessed Resurrection, | rendered up her
soul to God ye 28 day of October 1696, aged 63 years. | Do
you reader what becomes you being | IVIindful of the last
Judgment.
On a brass plate (R) against the wall east of the last monument
with three shields of arms over — (1) [Sable], a fret [argent], a crescent
48 BOOTHBY PAGNELL
for difference . . . [Harrington] ; (2) the same impaling— [Gules],
a fesse between 3 water bougets ermine [Meres] ; (3) the impalement
alone. The inscription in capitals :
Here lie the bodies of Katherine late wife | of Thomas Harring-
ton of Boothby PajTiell Esq. | and of Henry, Thomas, Margaret,
& EUza :, theire | children, w<=^ Katherine died the 5 of
May An'o ] 1623, and left issue 5 sonnes Francys, | John,
James, Charles, Edward, & one daughter Martha.
On a flat stone (D) in the floor below the monument :
Quod mortale est | Abelis et EUzabethae [ quibus erigitur
monumentum | nobilius sub hoc uno marmore [ defunctum
vitam unam beatam | expectat | ad superos | prseivit ilia in
antiqua fide | Secutus est hie in iisdem vestigiis | Vir vere
Justus post Deum Regem | summo semper obsequio colens |
Amicus verus. | Csetera docet votiva tabula.
All that is mortal of | Abel & Elizabeth, | for whom the more
noble monument | is erected, deposited under this one | marble
expects one happy life, | to Heaven she went before | in the
antient faith, | He followed in the same steps, | a man truly
just after God, always | most religiously serving his king, | a
true Friend. | The monumental tablet tells the rest.
On a flat stone (D) to the south of the last much effaced by damp :
Here lieth interred the body of | Mr John Litchford aUas
[Row I land], heir to Abel LitcMord | Esq., for whom the
more [noble] | monument is erected, | who departed this
life I June y® 9, 1718, | and in the [31st] year | of his age.
Another more to the west in capitals (D) :
Here lieth the body | of EUzabeth Litchford | the wife of
John I Litchford, Esq., and | daughter of | Benjamin Rowland |
of Sleaford in the | county of Lincoln, | who died October
the [20th, I 1753, in the 40th year of her age].
On the floor of the chapel are more flat stones, seemingly to this
family, but so effaced by damp as not to be legible (D).
On a neat white marble tablet (R) against the south wall of the
chancel :
The Rev^ John Rowland Litchford late rector | of this parish
obt 25 Novf 1818, Et^. 70. | He married Ann eldest daughter
of I Thos Litchford, Esq., | by whom he had a numerous issue. |
Will'", Jane, & Judith died in his lifetime, | and Dorothy
shortly after him, | From a sacred regard to his memory | this
monument is erected by | Jno. R. Litchford, Esq., his eldest^
son.
BOSTON 49
There are flat stones (D) below to the memory of :
Jane and Judith fourth and fifth daughters of Rev^ J. R.
Litcliford. Jane died 12 March 1818, aet. 29. Judith died
19 Oct. 1816, aet. 25.
On a flat stone (D) within the altar rails much rubbed :
Here lieth y^ body of | Faith Garland, relict of John | Garland
of Aslackby,gent., | and y® second daughter of | John Colth[urst]
of Aunsby, gent., | who departed this life October | the 10,
1707, aged 71.
Another close by in capitals (D) :
James the son of | William and Faith | Parkins, departed |
this life ye 8 of I October 1695.
A flat stone in the chancel (D) :
Here lies interred the Rev^ Robert Rowland | late worthy
rector of this parish, | who died the 11 of Feb. Anno Dom'i j
1780, I in the 72 year of his age, | and of his pastoral care
the 47.
A flat stone (D) commemorates Robert Pickin. died 14 Nov., 1808,
and Mary his wife, died 22 March 1818, set. 64.
By the entrance to the chancel is an old stone, once having an
inscription round it in church text. All that remains is, ' istius
eccl'ie qui cuius anime.' It has a cross cut on it,
and near the steps to the altar is a similar stone with a cross but
no inscription to be seen.
On a blue flat stone (D) at the entrance of the north chapel :
Near to this stone lie the remains | of William Rowland, gent., |
fourth son of Robert Rowland | aUas Litchford, esq., | who
died 27 March 1760, | aged 52 years, | leaving one son and three
daughters | to the sole care of his widow, | Mrs Mary Rowland, |
who departed this life | the 8 day of April 1815, in the | 89
year of her age. | Gratitude with filial affection inscribes | tliis
stone to her memory.
There are also flat stones (D) to commemorate the deaths of several
children of William and Mary Rowland, viz. :
Martha died October 19, 1750, aged 9.
WilUam died 20 March 1757, aged 5.
Thomas died 28 January 1758, an infant.
[See also L.R.S. i, 196.]
(MS V, 17-24.)
Notes taken in the church, 24 July, 1834-
Against the north wall of the chancel is a grey stone monument
(R) with a brass plate having this inscription on it in capitals.
60 BOSTON
these arms being cut over — A fesse between three wolves' heads
erazed [Howe] :
Abdias Howe ss.t.p. | ecclesise Bostoniensis prsepositus | In
elucidandis S. Scripturis peritissimus | In adstruenda pura
evangelii doctrina eximie pollens | In revincendis erroribus
soUde acutus | Hanc postquam ecclesiam xxn annos salutifero ]
Dei verbo fidissime pavit j Vitse probitate spectatissima erudivit |
Morum gravitate et authoritate colendissima decoravit. |
Summa denique prudentia moderatus est | Morte tandem non
opinata sed nee immatura ereptus est | In cselestis ecclesise
sortem cooptatus | Luctuosum sui desiderium bonis omnibus
relinquens | et relicturus | Dessiit esse Mortalis Feb. xxvn,
A.D. MDCLXXXii, | setatis suae Lxvn. | Hoc quicquid monumenti
dilectissimo suo conjugi | Uxor msestissima posuit.
A marble tablet (R) more to the east in capitals :
This tablet was erected by | Adjutant Charles Wilford | of
the 40^^ Regiment Native Infantry | of the Madras Presidency |
in grateful remembrance of | his beloved mother | Charlotte
Wilford I who departed this life the 21 May 1826 | aged 47 years.
A marble tablet, surmounted by an urn, against the north wall
of the chancel (R) :
Near this place | lye the remains of | M*" John Webber, first |
Organist of this church, | who died May the 5^^, 1741, aged
46 years. | This monument was erected | to his memory by
his musical | friends.
Against the wall at the south east comer of the nave is a brass
plate (R) set in wood, with the bust of a man cut over, in ruff and
skull cap with this inscription in capitals :
Memoriae sacrum | Thomas Lawe senator Bostoniensis |
Postquam ter prsefecturam hujus Burgi omaverat | et LXXi
annos in vivis compleverat naturae vectigal exolvit | anno
salutis MDCLVii 3° die Octobris | Mortalitatis suae spolia,
Resurrectionis et | Immortalitatis Pignora hie deposuit. |
Thomas Lawe filius ejus natu maximus adhuc maerens | Hanc
ceream Patemo sepulchro accendi curavit | a° salutis mdclix
xo die Aug^*' | Epitaphium | Dum justa persoluta sunt huic
Funeri | Tenebat omnes unus atque idem dolor | Nee miror.
animos omnium devinxerat | Inopum Benignus HospitaUs
Divitum.
Over this in a wooden frame are these arms — . ... on a bend
3 maunches [Thory] ; impaling — A chevron between 3 garbs [Derby].
In an old niche in the wall of the north aisle, square headed, is a
brass plate with these arms quarterly of 16 coats, viz. :
1 3 cups . . . jessant boars heads . . . [Bolle].
n. . . . 3 maces . . . [Pulvertoft].
ni. . . . 2 bars . . . , in chief 3 roundles . . . [Angevin].
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IV. ... a chevron . . . between 3 escallops ... in chief,
and a cross croslet fitchy ... in base [Dalderby].
V. ... a chevron . . . between 10 cross croslets . . . . , 6
in chief, 4 in base [Haugh].
VT. . . . a chevron between 3 bells . . . [Bell].
vn. Per pale indented . . . and [Holland].
vm. ... a chevron . . . between 3 wings . . . [Nanfant].
IX. ... 3 foxes. . . . [Nanfant].
X. Cheqiiy . . . and . . . , a chief ermine [Coleshill].
XI. Pretty ... a canton . . . [He wis].
xn. ... 3 chevrons . . . [Archdecon].
xm fretty .... [Blanchminster].
xrv a chevron between 3 cross croslets .........
a border . . . semee of roundles [Fitzwilham].
XV. . . . , a chevron between 3 croslets . . . , and a lion
passant in chief . . . [Mablethorpe].
XVI. ... 2 bars engrailed . . . [Stajne].
The inscription below in capitals :
Here lieth Richard Bolle of Haugh in y* countie of | Lincolne,
esq., Sonne & heire of Richard Bolle of | Haugh & of Marria
his wife, daugh^ & heire of | John Fitzwilhams of Mablethorpe,
esquire. Hee | had yssue by Jane his first wife, Daugh'" to
gr Will°i I Skip with of Ormesbie, knight, Charles Bolle his
sone I & heire apparent, who died in his Ufe tyme ; Marie |
married to Anthonj^ Tourney of Cavenbie, esquire ; | Anne
married to Leonard Cracroft, gent. ; Gertrude | married to
Leonard Kirkman of Kele, gent. ; & Ursula | married to
John Kirkman, gent. Hee had no yssue bj^ | Anne his second
wife. Hee had yssue by Margaret his third wife, | Richard,
Jhon, & Jane. Hee died on y® sixt dale of | Februarie 1591,
& in y^ 85th yere of his age, after hee had sundrie tymes had
charge in Frauwce, Scotland | & y^^ Realme & had bene twise
Sheriff of y® said countie.
At the east end of the south aisle by the east window is an achieve-
ment with these arms — Quarterly, 1st, Per bend or & azure
indented, 2 crosses patees counterchanged (Smyth) ; 2nd, Argent,
a bear sahent sable, chained or [Barnard] ; 3rd, Gules, on a
cross argent 5 mullets sable [Randolph] ; 4th, or, 3 bars sable.
On the other side of the \vindow is another atchievement with the
arms — 1st, Smyth ; 2nd, Gules, a chevron between nine croslets
or [Kyme] ; 3rd, [Randolph] ; 4th, Argent, an eagle displayed
double tete sable, charged on the breast with a trefovle slipped or
[Stukeley].
[See also L.R.S. i, 153-6 ; Jeans, 7-14 ; Pishey Thompson,
The History and Antiquities of Boston, 191-198 ; Churches of
Holland 44-67 1
' **^°'J (MS V, 181-186.)
62 BOURNE
^Bourne
Notes taken in the church, 25 July, 1833 —
On a white marble tablet against the south wall of the chancel :
To the memory of | William Foster | of this parish gent. | and
of Mary his wife. | He departed this Hfe | March 6, 1759, aged
67 years. | She died Dec^ 10, 1771, | aged 67 years.
On a brass plate against the wall west of the above, with these
arms above — Azure, a fieur de lis argent [Digby] : impaling — Gules,
3 lions rampant argent [Pauncefoot] :
James Digby, Esq., | ob* Aug. 20, Anno Domini 1751, | aetatis
suae 44.
On a marble monument next to the preceding, an um above, and
below the arms of Digby, impaling — Azure, a saltier or between
four bezants, a chief ermine [Hyde]. Crest — An ostrich ....
Sacred to the memory | of | James Digby | of Red Hall in this
parish, esquire, | a deputy lieutenant of this county, | who
died August 7, 1811, | aged 76 years. | In this church also
are deposited | the remains of his parents, | James son of
Kenelm Digby | of North Luffenham in the county of Rut-
land, I esquire, and Elizabeth his wife. | The youngest and
only survivor | of their numerous issue, | Henrietta Paunce-
foot, I as a tribute | of affectionate regard and grateful respect, |
caused this monument to be erected.
On a monument of white marble next to the last, with a figure of a
female weeping over an urn above, and below a scull, the inscription
in two ovals :
Sacred | to the memory of | George Pochin, esq., | of this
place, I colonel of the | Leicestershire Regim<> of Militia, |
deputy lieutenant and magistrate | for the counties of | Leicester
and Lincoln. | In his public capacity he was | deservedly
esteemed a good soldier, | faithful, upright, and active magis-
trate, I of inflexible probity | and unwearied attention. | His
benevolence | and uniform integrity | gained the respect and
love I of all who knew him. | He died May the 13, 1798, | aged
66 years.
On a second oval is the following :
Sacred | to the memory of | Eleanor Frances | Pochin, widow
of the late | George Pochin, esquire, | of this place and daughter
of I S^ Wolstan Dixie baronet | of Bosworth Park in the county |
of Leicester. | Her many virtues gained her | the esteem of all
good men. | She was a pious christian, a sincere | friend, and
to her servants | a kind indulgent mistress. | In the charitable
distribution | of an ample fortune she | appeared to consider
herself | as the delegate of Heaven. | She died on the | 15 day
of July 1823, I aged 76 years.
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A grey marble monument with white slab on the north wall of the
chancel :
To the memory | of George Digby | who died May 12, 1797, |
aged 56 years.
On a flat stone (D) :
In memory of | George Breton j who died Dec. 23, 1791, [
aged 80 years.
The font is old and curious and stands at the west end of the nave.
The following is carved in compartments in old character :
Super : orane : nomen : Jhesw : Christi.
A small marble tablet at the east end of the south aisle against
the wall (R) :
Sacred to the endeared memory | of George Cowie Nicholls, |
the beloved son of George and Mary Nicholls. | He died March
27, j in the year of our Lord 1831, | aged 6 months and 12
days.
A flat stone at the west end of the south aisle (D) :
Here lyeth | the body of the Rev^ W. Dodd | vicar of Bourne, |
he died August 6, 1756, aged 54. | Also Eliz^i^ his wife, | she
died May 23, 1755, aged 55.
A white marble tablet above the most western pillar of the nave :
In memory of | Thomas Rawnsley, Esq., | a deputy lieutenant |
of this county, | who departed this life | August 8, 1826,
in the 71 year of his age.
Another under the arch looking west :
In memory of | Deborah | wife of Thomas Rawnsley | who
died April 16th, 1808, | and six of their children | who died
infants.
Flat stone on the floor below (D) :
Edmund son of T. & D. | Rawnsley died Nov. 22, | 1788, in
the fourth year ( of his age.
A flat stone at the east end of the north aisle, with arms cut above —
Per pale [or and azure], on a chief [gules] three leopards' faces
[of the first] [Caldecotl]. Crest — A raven . . . [Caldecott]. Motto :
Quid non pro patria (D) :
In memory of | John Caldecott | who died the 7^^ of April
1755, I aged 67 years.
A flat stone in the nave :
In memory | of Alice Hyde the wife | of John Hyde, | who
died July y^ 26th, 1737, I aged 32.
More to the east on another stone (D) :
In memory of | Catherine the wife cf | the Rev^ Humphrey
Hyde | vicar | of this parish, only | daughter of the late |
John Hyde, gent., | died May the 11th, 1790, I aged 46.
54 BOURNE
On a flat stone to the north of the pulpit (D) :
In memory | of | Mary Ellen & Jos : Turner | the infant
children of | the Rev^ Joseph & [ Hannah Dods worth, | who
departed this life | in the year of our Lord | 1823.
On a blue flat stone in the chancel (R) :
In memory of | Hargate Dove, gent., | who died | July 8th,
1810, I aged 66.
Another to the north (R) :
To the memory of | John Dove, gent., | who died Janv 27,
1809, I aged 90 years. | Elizabeth Dove j wife of the
above | John Dove | who died Febv 19, 178 . . , | aged 60
years.
Another smaller stone (D) :
James Digby, | Esq., | who died August | the 7th, 1811, |
aged 76.
Against the south wall of the chancel are two hatchments: (1)
Or, a chevron gules between 3 horse shoes sable, differenced
by a crescent [Pochin] ; impaling — Azure, a lion rampant and
a chief argent [Dixie]. Crest — On a wreath of colours a harpy or.
(2) a lozenge bearing the same arms (D).
The following list of benefactors is affixed to the gallery at the
west end of the nave (D) :
WilUam Fisher of Bourn, gent., by deed 1627, & will 1635,
gave estate at Tumby of £30 per an. for almshouses.
WilHam Trollope, by will 1636, founded an hospital.
Nicholas Rand, by will 1637, lands in Holbeach & 8 acres in
Bourn for the poor.
John Brown, Esq., of Stamford, gave £8.
Robert Harrington of Grays Inn, by will 14 July 1654, proved
1657, gave to the poor lands in Witham on the Hill.
Sir Thomas Trollope of Gas wick, Bart., by will 1654, £100
for a workhouse.
Thomas Wilcox of Bourne, by will 1660.
Bro'ttTilow E. of Exeter, in 1726, gave an engine.
Mathew Clay of Bounie, gent., in 1742, gave the branch.
The church consists of a nave, two aisles and a chancel, with a
tower at the west end. Once there has been tv/o, but tradition
reports that one was overthrown by Cromwell. The nave
rests on four Norman arches springing from circular massive
columns.
[See also L.R.S. i, 196-7: Jeans, Add., 1: G.M., 1862,
part ii, 739.]
(MS ii, 157-168.)
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BRACEBOROUGH 66
Praceborougi)
Notes taken in the church [no date given] —
On a flat stone in the chancel (R) :
Here lieth the body | of Richard Osborne, | gent., who
departed | this life September y^ \ 24 day, 1707, | in the 42
year of | his age.
On another flat stone (R) :
Here lyeth the body of | y^ Rev^ Mr Jo° Chesel- | den rector
of this I parish, who died March | y« 14th, 1752, aged 55
years.
On a flat stone near the last but one (R) :
Here lyeth y* body of | Frances y^ daughter | of Edward
Osborne | and Frances his wife, j who departed this life |
November the 24 day, 1707, | aged 16 weeks.
On a marble monument (R) against the east wall of the chancel
north of the communion table :
In memory of | Charlotte Anne Bowman | wife of Joseph
Bowman | of Shillingthorpe, | she was an affectionate con-
sort, I an indulgent mother, | a benevolent neighbour, | and
having patiently endured | the pain of a severe and lingering
disorder | calmly expired in Christian confidence | 20th March
1814, aged 42. ( Blessed be thy remembrance | 0 virtuous
woman.
A tablet against the wall on the south side of the arch from the
tower (R) :
Titus Livie, Esq., | late whole store keeper | of his Majesty's
yard | Halifax, Nova Scotia, | who died March the 10th,
1804, I aged 51 years.
Another white tablet opposite (R) :
In memory of | Henry Hatsell, Esq., | who died 7 Jan^ 1831, |
aged 41 years.
Tablet against the north wall, an urn above and these arms below
— In a lozenge — Ermine, on a bend gules, three escallops or
(Wansey) : impaling — Per pale gules and vert, three Uons rampant
counterchanged ;
Jane Wansey | died June 18th, 1805, | aged 25. [To the memory |
of I a beloved and only child | parental affection j mournfully
inscribes this | tablet.
On a flat stone in the chancel (R) :
Beneath | lie the remains of | mistress Elizabeth Cheselden, |
wife of the Rev^ Jolm Cheselden, { formerly rector of this
parish, I who died January iii, mdcclu, | aged li yeai-s.
56 BRACEBOROUGH
And on another close adjoining (R) :
Beneath | he the remains of the | Reverend John Cheselden, |
formerly rector of this parish, | who died March xiv,
MDCCLii, I aged lv years.
The following lines inscribed beneath the foregoing two :
These stones were put down by their son Anthony Cheselden
of London | in remembrance of a good father & tender
mother mdcclxxx.
There remains a stone (R) on the north side of the chancel in
which according to Holies were the brasses of Thomas de Wastney,
and his wife. There still are visible places for 4 shields, two over
the head of the knight, and two over the head of the lady ; also
for the figures and for an inscription all round.
[See also L.R.S. i, 198-9.]
(MS i, 117-121.)
JBracebribge
Notes taken in the church, 10 August 1833 —
On a flat stone in the chancel :
In memory | of Eliz. wife of Benjamin Hodson | late vicar of
Bracebridge | who died Jan. 9, 1747, | aged 57 years. | Near
here also lieth the | body of Geo. son of the | said Benj^and
Ehz. Hodson. | He died May the 24, j 1752, aged 22.
On another flat stone :
Here lyeth the body of | Robert Hodson | who departed this
life I May 19, 1749, aged 35 years. | My body's buried deep
within this grave | My faith's in Christ alone my soul to
save.
An old stone in the nave, the inscription round the edge in old
character :
Hie jacet Joh'es fframpton de Bracebridge qui obiit
Anno d'ni mill'imo xxi. Cujus anime propicietwr
Deus Amen.
On the slab of a standing tomb in the south aisle :
Hie jacet Katherina 2<i* filia & | cohseres Joh' Wilson de
Sheepwash Ar. | ux. Sa. Ludington de | Bracebridge Ar.
Obiit 9 die Oct. | [16]79, Anno iEtat. 27. | If lasting life in
well hewn stone were found | Such had the stone been that
had cover'd th' ground.
On a flat stone in the south aisle :
Here lies | Letticia Loding | ton y® daughter | of George |
Lodington, Esq.. and | Emma his wife ( who departed | this
life v^ 16 I dav of Nov. I 1723.
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A broken stone and partly under a pew :
Here lieth the body of | Mary Lodington the | daughter of
Sir Richard | Halford of Wistow in | Leicestershire, baronet, |
wife of Samuel Loding | ton of Bracebridge, Esq., | died
Nov. 28, A.D. 1709.
On a stone tablet against the north wall :
In memory of the Rev'^ Thomas Nocton | vicar of the church
40 years | who died March the 25, 1802, aged 72 years. | As
in Life beloved | so in Death lamented.
A flat stone in the nave :
Here lieth the body | of | Mary Nocton | the wife of Tho.
Nocton of ... I who departed this life | the 16 day of April
1775, I in the 76th year of | her age. | Beati mortui qui in
Domino moriuntur.
Another more to the east :
Here lieth deposited the body of | Tho. Nocton, gent., |
Patron of the living of Bracebridge, | late of Washingbro*,
deceased, | who departed this life | Sept. 13, 1766, | in the 72
year of his age.
A blue flat stone at the east end of the south aisle in capitals :
Here lieth the body of | Frances Ludington | daughter to
George Saunderson | of Thoresby, Esq., j wife to Samuel
Ludington | of Bracebridge, Esq., died | June y^ 30, A.D.
1687. I Here also lieth the body of | Samuel Ludington, Esq., |
interred the 8th day of | January A.D. 1712. j Here lieth
interred the body | of Emma the wife | of George Ludington,
Esq., I who died August 14, 1733, | in the 35 year of her age.
On another more to the north in a pew :
Here lies interred the body | of George Ludington, | Esq., |
who died January y^ 4th, mdccxlv, | aged 59 years.
This church which is small consists of a nave and north aisle
supported by 3 pointed arches, a chancel, and tower at the west
end.
(MS xii, 47-51.)
Notes taken in the church, 17 August 1835 — This church consists
of merely a nave and chancel, with a niche for a bell at the west
end. In the chancel is a stone (D) with a cross with a large stem,
inscription round the edge, all now effaced except >^ ' hie '. The
font is circular on a massy shaft circled with smaller pillars. In
the churchyard is the shaft of a cross.
[See also Lines. N. db Q. xi. 43.]
(MS viii, 167).
38 BROCKLESBY
Notes taken in the church of Broclesby, 30 August 1835 — The
church is an old building but in excellent repair, consisting of nave,
chancel, and west tower. The chancel is divided from the nave
by a very elegant pointed arch, and is ornamented by the remains
of painted glass. The floor is also handsomely paved, the windows
light and elegant.
Against the north wall of the chancel is a handsome marble
monument surmounted in the middle by the arms of Pelham —
Quarterly, 1st, Azure, three pelicans vulning themselves argent
[Pelham] ; 2nd, Gules, two buckles or [Pelham] ; 3rd, Or, fretty
azure [Willoughby] ; 4th, as the 1st. On the west side are the
same quarterings, impaling — Quarterly, 1st, Argent, two lions
passant sable [Catesby] ; 2nd, Or, two bends argent, within
a bordure gules [for Mountford] ; 3rd, Or, two bars gules, over
all a bend argent [for Martindale] ; 4th, Gules, a fret or, and
a chief argent [Cranford]. On the east side also are the Pelham
quarterings impaling — 1st and 4th, Gules, a saltier argent [Nevil] ;
2nd, Gules, three lions passant in a bordure or [Earl of Lancaster] ;
3rd, Or, fretty gules, on a canton a galley [Nevil of Bulmer].
Over the centre shield is the crest of the peacock with tail displayed.
Beneath these arms are the figures of a knight and a lady kneeling.
He has his hands clasped and raised before him ; one of hers rests on
a skull ; behind him are three sons kneehng ; one of them has a
skull near him. Behind her are three daughters (one carrying a
skull) also kneeling, beneath are the following inscriptions in four
compartments in capitals :
Hie jacet Guill. Pelham miles in juven | tute sua apud
Scotos Gallos & Un j garos ob militiam celeberrimus in pro |
vectiore setate apud Hibemos Regni | Praefectus apud Belgas
exercitus | mariscallus munitionis belUcae sub | augustis.
principe Regina Elizabetha | Promagister. | | In uxorem
duxit D'nam Eleanoram Henrici | comitis Westmerlandise
filiam quae hie simul | sepulta jacet . de ea tres fihos
totidemque | filias genuit e quibus tres adhuc sunt supers |
tites quorum senior Will, monumentum istud in | perpetuam
parentum memoriam consecravit. | Obiit Flissingse mense |
Decembr' 1587 | | Boath livd at once but not at once did
die, I Shee first, hee last, yet boath togeither lye, | Hee greate
in deedes of armes, shee greate in byrthe, | Hee wise, shee
chaste, boath now resolvd to yearth. j Needes must y^ slendre
shrubbs expect their fall | When statelye oakes fall down
& ceders tall | | Bragge not of valoure for y^ woorthye knight |
Mightye in arms by deathe has loste his mighte. | Boaste not
of honour, nobler was there none | Then Ladye EUenore
that now is gone. I Joy not toe much in yowthe, these children
three | were as yow are, as they are shall yow bee.
BROCKLESBY 59
On a white painted tablet above the last-mentioned monument :
Pietati & Solertise S. | Depositum magistri Thomae JEton
Presbyteri Boswor | thias in agro Leicestrensi nati, hujus
Ecclesiae Broclesbien | sis quondam Rectoris, & Scholarchae
eximii hie subtus jacet. | qui plures per annos gregem hie sibi
concreditam tarn vita exemp [ lari quam officiis omnimodo
divinse animarum curae incum [ bentibus, fideUter pa>eendo
et pubem juventutem, Non solum I e familia nobili Pel-
hamiana tunc temporis sicut longum supra | et ad prsesens
hie florenti verum etiam circumquaque vicinam i et remo-
tiorem non tantum in ipsa studiorum incude positam, sed j
provectiorem etiam scientiis liberalibus tantum non vniversis |
arte perquam exquisita, methodo non vulgari sed mysterii
instar | penitus proficienti sedulitate opera indefessa imbuendo
perficiendo | atque exinde de patria sua optime emeritus
mortalem summa cum | laude absolvit telam suique reliquit
desiderium charissimum et annorum | satur anno a partu
virgineo 1626 placide Christiane admodum { in Domino
obdormivit j Cujus memorias meritissimae e discipulis suis
I ohm unus minimulum hoc meliori multo | dignse gratitudinis
ergo posuit memoriale | Anno Domini 1668.
On the south side of the chancel is a splendid monument consisting
of an altar tomb of marble, with a large black slab at the top, on
which are the recumbent figures in alabaster of a knight and lady.
The former, who is raised about a foot higher than the other, is
clothed in plate armour, his head bare and resting on a pillow. He
has a ruff round his neck, his hands are clasped, and his sword
hangs in an embroidered belt at his left side. At his feet is a
peacock in its pride, thereon a crescent. His lady in a plaited
gown and stomacher, with close sleeves and an embroidered mantle.
She has a ruff round her neck, and her hands are clasped. Her
head rests on a cushion, embroidered, and at her feet is her crest,
a head crowned, couped at the neck. At the base of the tomb
are the kneeling figures of eleven sons and eight daughters ; seven
of the sons wear a miUtary habit with cloaks and boots, and tw o
more are in civil costume. The remaining two are little ones and
hold skulls, as do two of the elder ones. Three of the eight
daughters are infants in swaddling clothes, and two are little.
and hold skulls ; the remainder are dressed like their mother.
Above the large figure is this shield of arms — Quarterly, 1st, Azure,
three pelicans vulned or, with a crescent difference [Pelham] ;
2nd, Gules, two buckles and belts . . . [Pelham] ; 3rd, Fretty,
azure [Willoughby] ; 4th, Gules, a saltier [Nevil]. Crest — A peacock
in his pride proper. Below, the following inscription in capitals
on a black slab :
Gulielmus Pelham nuper de Brocklesby in Com. Line. Eques
Auratus. j in celeberrimis Academiis, Strasberg: Heidleberg:
60 BROCKLESBY
Wittenberg: Leipsick: Parisiens: | & Oxoniens : magna cum
cura educatus Artib. Liberalib: imbutus et linguas | Germanica
Gallica; Latina; (nee Grsecaru Rudis) non solum Callens
sed prompte | eloqui edoctus ; Ab his domiciliis Mars
distraxit ubi post varias pugnas Obsidio | nes &c sed non
sine Vulnerib: Rus se contulit Annam filiam Caroli Willughby
Baronis de Parrham castam virginem | connubio sibi junxit,
ex qua liberos viginti utriusque sexus dei benedictione
accepit, | quorum septem filii & tres filiae in vivis sunt.
Vixerunt cseteri. Reliquo temporis | consumpto justitia'
exequendo orando, scribendo, pauperes sublevando sacra Biblia
I antiques Patres et neotericos legendo magna' gloria' adeptus
est et quid in his | profecerit Meditationes in S'ti Johan^
Evangeliu' editse observationes in omnes testa | -mentorum
tarn veteris quaw novi Ubros & Diatribe | in Sacramentum
csene Domini manu sua | scriptse & posteritati reservatse in
perpetuum testabuntur hisce rehus & annis circiter | sexaginta
transactis fide in Christum constanti & charitate erga proximos
inviolabili placide in Domino obdormiens spiritu' Deo Patri
spirituum corpus terras matri | in die Resurrectionis magno cum
incremento recepturus commendavit 13 Julii An' D'ni 1629.
On the eastern and western fronts of the tomb is a shield bearing
the arms of Pelham impaling Willoughby with the crests of both.
[See also Surtees Society, liv, Diary of A. de la Pryme, 156-7,
160-1.]
(MS vi, 126-130.)
prant Prougfjton
Notes taken in the church of Broughton, 9 August 1833 —
A black tablet against the north wall of the chancel with these
arms above — Argent, two dolphins hauriant embowed proper,
chained or [Colston]. And below the inscription the same arms
impahng — . . . , on a bend three leaves . . . (no colours) (R) :
M.S. I amicissimo indulgentissimo viro Thomae | Colstono
immatura nimium morte rapto | Hoc tristissimi amoris et
obsequi | monumentum marito chariss : | patri que pientiss.
uxor I Jiberique cum lachrymis | posuit | Vixit annos 44
obiit A° a Christo nato Millesimo | Sexcentesimo quinqua-
gesimo septimo | septima die Decembr. | Truth needs not
vaniish neither can we frame | A statelier figure for thee then
thy name | For hee that Colston truly accents sayes | As
much as verse can sound as art can raise | He that would write
thine epitaph indeed | Must take the volume of thy life
indeed | How virtue had its seeds time, how it grew | How all
was water 'd sweetly by Heaven's dew | What a rich crop of
goodness thou didst bear | Amidst thy family and friends so
BRANT BROUGHTON 61
deare | Must know the joyes of thy chaste nuptial bed | The
comforts issuing from two sons wed | How thy indulgent
eye and prudent care | Taught even at once thy children
love and care | How just commands mixed with perswasions
mild I Each servant made pay duty like a child | Thy peace
within and they noe wars without j Thy wise resolves to
every neighbours doubt | How thou could'st take up jarrs,
make men agree | In this rough age without the law or fee |
Then in the rich perfume of thine own praise | Embalm 'd
thoult lye, we shall not need to raise | Trophies the vast
expenses of vain wealth. | Thy worth will be best monument
to thyself. | Sic amicitise cultorem aequissimum defuncti
maerens vere | et sine fuco gratitudinis ergo prosecutus est.
G. H.
An oval grey marble tablet against the south wall these arms over
in brass — Ermine, on a fesse 3 mullets [or] [Lister] :
Near this place | lie the remains of | Mathew Lister | late of
Burwell Park | in this County Esq. | He died on the 15 day
of Jan. 1786, | aged 80 years. | Years following years steal
something every day | At last they steal us from ourselves
away.
On a brass plate in a grey marble tablet over the south door :
In memory of | John Harrison | who died July 1, 1811, | aged
68 years. | Also of | Mary his wife | who died March 1, 1793, |
aged 36 years. | And of | George their son | who died November
20, 1798, I aged 11 years.
On a white marble tablet more to the west :
Near this place | are interred the remains of | Richard
Robinson | who died 15 Oct. 1811, \ aged 71 years. | Also |
the remains of | Mary Robinson his wife | who died the 2<^
of Feb. I 1789 | aged 44 years.
A flat stone in the south aisle (D) :
Mr Robert Cummin | died May the 9*^, | 1796, | aged 79
years.
Another stone at the west end of the south aisle (R) :
Here lieth interred the body of | Mathew Thomas Lister,
son of Mathew Lister, Esq., | and Mary his wife | who departed
this life I October 15, 1787, aged 18 | years.
On a flat stone in the nave in two columns rather rubbed (D) :
Here lieth interred the body | of George Harrison, Gent., [
who departed this life | the 1^* day of . . . 177 . , | aged
81 years.
Here also lies interred the | body of Eleanor the wife | of
Harrison Gent. | She departed this life j the . . 1
day of Nov. 1782, | aged . . 7 years.
62 BRANT BROUGHTON
On another more to the east (D) :
Here lyeth the body of | Robert Eastland, Gent. He | died
Nov. the 3, MDCCL . . . . , aged . . . years.
This church has been fully described in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1804, part i, p. 105, but the chancel has been lately repaired
and has the arms being those of the Rector over the door — Argent,
a canton sable, and a crescent for difference [Sutton]. Crest — a
griffin's head. Motto — Tout jour Prest. In the village is a curious
old House of a square plan with mullioned windows. Over the
G
door this W A
1658
In Harl. MSS. 1233, folios 107-8, is this note which, as it differs
from the epitaph as given in 6829, I here insert :
In y* Quier at Brent Broughton is written on a flat grave-
stone this : Orate pro anima Johannis Thorold utriusque
Juris baccalaurei quondam Canonici Collegii de Southwell
qui obiit Anno 1468, 29 Septembris. The scucheons about
the stone are all gone. This was 2 Henry VII.
[See also L.R.S. \, 226-8 ; G.M., 1804, part i, 105.]
(MS iii, 235-240.)
iiurton Coggles;
Notes taken in the church, 26 July 1833 —
On a monument against the east wall of the chancel, the inscription
on a black stone with these arms over — Quarterly, 1st and 4th,
Gules, two helmets in chief, and a garb in base or [Cholmeley] ;
2nd, Lozengy and a fesse sable, fretty or [? Cheney] ; 3rd, Or,
three cocks sable (R) :
Robertus Cholmeleius ex veteri | et honesta | CholmeUorum
familia j profectus ordinis armigeri, vir in | rebus agendis dum
viveret acer | et industrius, in proficienda Re- | ligione vere
Christianus, conci- | onatorum divinique Verbi interpre- ( turn
studiosissimus, et sane per- | hospitaUs in hoc tumulo humatus |
est qui uti pie juste et per- | quam honeste vixit inter suos |
ita sanctissime fidelissimeque | maxima amicorum corona
vitam I cum morte cowmutavit, 4° Idus Junios AP \ D'ni
1590, aetatis sexagesimo quinto.
Underneath is the figure of a man in a long robe, and two shields,
each bearing the same quarterings of Cholmeley as those above,
all in brass.
On a white marble tablet on the south wall of the chancel (R) ;
Sacred \ to the memory of | the Rev<i John Cholmeley | second
son of I the late Montagu Cholmeley, Esq., of Easton, j and
3 years & 7 months rector | of this place, where he will long
BURTON GOGGLES 63
be remembered • with gratitude and affection | as the faithful
pastor of the flock committed to his care. | His ministry was
short, Hke a warning voice it was heard, | it is gone, | be ye
also ready. | He died on the 4 of November 1814, I aged 41, \
and left a widow, one son & two daughters | to lament his
loss. I ' Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, j for they
rest from their labours.'
There are brasses fixed in the wall, under the south window of the
chancel, of a knight and his lady, their hands clasped as if in prayer,
and between them a shield of the four quarterings of Cholmeley,
impaling — ... on a saltier engrailed, five roundles . . . , between
four lions passant [Lacy] (R).
A white marble slab in the floor of the chancel of a lozenge shape
(D):
Augustus Fredericus | filius | Francisci et Sarse Randolph |
obiit Febarii die 20™^ | An. Dom. 1818, | mensem agens
quii-^mum_
In the chancel are the effigies in stone of two knights in mail, and
cross-legged, but the bottom of the legs are broken off. One of
them is with hands clasped and in the attitude of prayer ; the
other is drawing his sword and bears a shield (R).
On a monument in the south aisle, of white and grey marble, with
an um over (R) :
Sacred to the memory of | John Hopkinson, Esq., j who died
Sept. the 16, 1777, | aged 50 years, | and | Mary Hopkinson
his wife, { who died Dec. the 27, 1785, | aged 64 years. | Their
remains are deposited | under the two adjoining gravestones |
beneath this tablet, which is here | erected as the last tribut€!
of I filial affection and gratitude.
There is a wooden tablet which commemorates that John Speight
by his last will, dated 20 July 1734, gave certain lands for instructing
the poor (D).
A black marble monument against the east wall, north of the
altar ; arms above — two shields ; 1st, Azure, three crosslets fiche
or ; impaling — Gules, a fess ermine, between three suns [Watson] ;
2nd, Azure, three crosslets or ; impaling — Azure, a man's leg
couped at the thigh armed or, between two lances argent, their
points or [Gilbert] :
Elizabetha | optima charissimaque conjux | Johannis Adam-
son I hujus ecclesise rectoris | multiplici morbo ohm vexata |
fracta tandem non victa | magnum reliquit sui desiderium |
Majus pietatis exemplum | exultans, obiit 28° die Martii j
1692 I H.S.E. I (Etiam) | Johannes Adamson A.M. I hujus
ecclesise per xlix amios rector | pius ot benetious obiit a.d.
64 BURTON GOGGLES
MDCCXvni I set. suae Lxxni. | Katharina demum | xxv annos
totos viro 8U0 superstes | jamque plusquam tres annos octo-
genaria | aevi matura jamdudum caelosque anhelans | In pace
moritur iv Idd' Mali mdccxliu, | Katherina Adamson | filia
Johannis Adamson a.m. | hujus ecclesiae rectoris | obiit 12
Aug. Anno Dom. 1772, i setatis suae 78.
On a flat stone within the altar rails very much rubbed (D) :
Elizabeth Aiscough j wife of William | Aiscough | departed
this life I Novemb. 25, 1632.
On a stone tablet against the south wall of the chancel (R) :
Gulielmi | Johannis Hopkinson et Luciae ) olim uxoris ejus
dilectissimae filii | M.S. ] Qui annos viginti tres natus in eo
jam erat | Ut pater in multis rebus agendis socius consilio i
rumq: adjutor fieret | Cum eheu duram rerum | humanarum
vicem ! | ingens ille ei Decus et prope | Animi solatium si superstes
erat protinus febre | derepente sseva correptus est qui paucos |
intra dies in ipso proh dolor ! flore interiit | quorum huic
spei summa adolescenti | contigit honestas . Vultus ut sua
gratia | exomatus ita simplex plane et placidus | Et ingenuus
sine contentione vox | suavis non languens neque canora j
ingenium felix mira virtutis indoles | et virilis prorsus animi
constantia cum | singulari mo rum suavitate conjuncta \
quidque primse aetatis qua commendatio | esse videatur summa
insuper accessit | verecundia caeterarum virtutum | Gustos
comes omamentum.
Mater ^ f Oct. 16° 1717o
obiit
Filius J [ April 6° 1737o
Reliquiae utriusque infra sitae sunt | ad soli subjectse
umbilicum.
The church consists of a nave, two aisles, and a chancel. The
nave and aisles are supported on three pointed arches with plain
columns. From the chancel to the nave the arch is also pointed,
and there is a screen (D). A tower with a spire at the west end.
[See also L.R.S. i, 248 ; Jeans 15.]
(MS ii, 201-208.)
JBurton bp ILincoIn
Notes taken in the church of Burton, 5 August 1833 —
On a flat stone within the communion rails (R) :
Christopher Randes Esq. y^ Sonne of | Tho^ y* eldest sonn
of Hen. Hol» | bech aUas Randes, d.d., Bpp of Roch- | ester &
Lincoln, Reg. Hen. 8, | leaving y* hopeful progenny | of 5
il
^^i
BURTON BY LINCOLN 66
sonnes & 3 daughters by | his virtuous wives Faith Dighton [
& Katherine Moundeford, Feb. y^ 4, Anno | D 'ni 1639. Fell
asleep in y^ Lord | aetatis suae 66.
On a flat stone, an inscription partly round the rim and partly
extending into the centre of the stone on a label, the characters
in good preservation, but one end is hid under the altar step. It
differs, as will be seen, from HoUis' copy :
Hie jacet Robertus Suttun armiger nuper maritus d'nae
Margarete filie Edwardi Suttun militis domini . . . relicta Joh'is
Gray militis d'ni Powys, qui quidem Robertus obiit xxv die
Novembris, Anno d'ni m°. d^ xlvo quorum ammabus pro-
picietur Deus amew.
Four shields. The first — Quarterly, 1st, [Or], on a chevron gules
3 crescents [argent], between three annulets [gules] [Sutton] ; 2nd,
chevron between three garbs [Sheffield] ; 3rd, three boars' heads
couped ; 4th, [Argent], fretty [gules] [Boys]. The second shield is
the arms of Sutton above, and the boars' heads below ; impaling —
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, [Or], a Hon rampant [vert] [Sutton] ; 2nd,
Quarterly, (1 and 4), two lions ; (2 and 3), a crosslet ; 3rd, Quarterly,
(1 and 4) ; (2 and 3), a saltier.
Against the north wall of the chancel is a handsome monument
of black and white marble. In a recess kneel the figures of a man
in armour, save the head, and his lady opposite, before an altar
on which are books. Behind him are the figures of four sons and
behind her four daughters. On the ground in the front of the
altar is an infant. Over the man and over two of the daughters
is a scull. Above his head are these arms — Azure, on a chevron
or three roses gules [Rands] ; impaling — three fleur de Us [Mounde-
ford]. Over her, five fleur de lis [for Moundeford]. At the
top are the arms — Azure, on a chevron or three roses gules
[Rands], between two pyramids of blue marble.
Below this in two columns are the following lines :
Tu quisquis fueris dives sapiens generosus | Sis patiens clemens
sis Uberalis amans | Dona tot hoc uno tumulo sunt clausa
viator. | Ara fuit miseris area et aperta bonis | Quid tua
deliquit pietas non conscia culpae | Hoc nisi culpa fuit te
potuisse mori.
In the second column :
En quam terra sinu defunctum laeta recepit j et tumet adventu
facta superba suo | Tu Rosa Christe Rosis ciypeo nil aptius
Umam | Christopheri suavem nomen honosque dabunt. |
Friend I desire noe needless Prayers of thee | But prayse
God for his Saints and soe doe wee.
Below the figures is this :
To the pretious memory of hir dearest husband. | Neare imto
rest the bodj^s of Christofer Randes Esq. & Katheren his [
66 BURTON BY LINCOLN
wife, daughter of Tho : Moundeford of Lon, D'" i.i Phy:, by
whom he had | issue 5 sonnes, Tho :, X'ofer, Mouiideford,
Hen :, John : & 3 daughters Mary, | Briget, & EHzabath.
( X'ofer. 1 (
The said departed Feb. 4, A^ D'ni 1639.
[ Kather. J [
This church is small but neat. It consists of a nave and chancel
which are modem, and a tower at the west end which is antient.
At the east window are the Royal arms, and those of Lord Monson
with the badge of the moon and the sun in painted glass.
[See also L.R.S. i, 117.]
(MS i, 213-215.)
Purton $etU)arbme
Notes taken in the church, 15 August 1836 — This church consists
of a small modern nave and tower, in length about twenty paces,
and on the north side of the nave, at the west end, a small transept
or chapel with two Decorated windows and ornamented buttresses
of the same style. One window is now blocked up. There are the
remains of an arch in the west waU of the chapel. The font is a
plain round one, on a tall pillar. There are several old stones
with crosses cut on them on the floor of the nave.
Against the south wall of the small chapel is a very fine monument
of black and white marble, consistmg of two arched recesses orna-
mented with rosettes etc., and flanked by two black Corinthian
pillars with gilt capitals, and surmounted with a pediment bearing
this shield of arms which is so much effaced by damp as to be
scarcely discerned — Quarterly of six, Ist, [Azure, a pair of barnacles
or. Horseman] ; 2nd, Or, a cross vert [Hussey] ; 3rd, Argent, a
bend wavy, cottised sable [Nesfield] ; 4th, Barry of six ermine
and gules [Hussey] ; 5th, Per pale chevronnee, argent and gules
[Say] ; 6th, Gules, four fusils in fesse, argent [for Cheney].
Crest — On a torce or and argent, a horse's head. On the
monument is the recumbent alabaster figure of a knight in
plate armour. His head is bare and rests on a pillow. His arms
are raised in prayer, but the figure is dreadfully mutilated, and
the whole monument has suffered so much from the ravages of
the damp, that it seems in a fair way of being totally destroyed.
There are some remains of armour placed on the tomb. On a
black marble slab in the first recess is the following inscription in
capitals :
Memoriae sacrum | Thomas Horsemanus, Eques Auratus,
Thomse Horsemani | Armigeri quondam domini hujus Manerii
et Elizabe- | tse unius filiarum et cohaeredum Roberti Husei |
militis, filius et haeres, | ab ineunte adolescentia | liberaliter
institutus a latere fuit omatissimo I viro Gulielmo Baroni
BURTON PEDWARDINE 67
de Burghley summo Anglise | Thesaurario, postea in
Famulitium Reginse | Elizabethse adscriptus per 40 annos
Serenis- | simse Reginae ministravit et praegustatoris | Munere
perfunctus fuit.
On a similar tablet in the other recess :
Vir summa fide eximia constantia Morumque | probitate
insignis xxvi die Novembris Anno | Domini 1610 ab hac luce
migravit planus | dierum atque cum in Corpore per 74 annos |
tanquam migraturus habitasset . | Hujus memorise | Thomas
Horseman Armiger eius e | fratre Nepos et haeres hoc | Monu-
mentum charissimae | pietatis ergo dicavit.
A stone on the floor near the monument, having had the figures
of a man and woman in brass. The man is gone, but appears to
have been dressed in a cloak. The woman remains in the dress of
Charles I's time, having a veil. The following inscription is on a
brass plate below the figures in capitals :
Here lieth interred the body of Thomas Horsman | Esq*" who
was Lord of this Towne, he tooke to | wife Mary the daughter
of John Tredway of Easton | in Northamptonshire. He
departed this life the 2'^ of | Aprille in the yeare of our Lord
1631, whose wife | in her pious memorie erected this
memoriall.
Under a low arch in the north wall of the chapel is a tomb, a little
raised from the ground, which has a bust in brass and two shields,
now all gone, and this inscription cut round the verge now much
mutilated. What remains appears to be :
Dame Alice de Pettewardjm gist icy | File de | Longchampe
S. Henri. | Deu de Sa alme eyt merci.
On a flat stone in the nave with these arms cut over — . ... a
saltier [Yorke], impaling — . . . a bend .... between three garbs
. . . Crest — An esquire's helmet and torce . . . and .... a
horse's head erazed . . . (R) :
Wilhelmus Yorke Arm : | Filius Wilhelmi Yorke de Lessing-
ham Equitis | obiit 2^° die Januarii | Anno 1725.
Another stone more to the east in capitals (D) :
Here lieth the body of | Joseph son of Thomas Smith | and
Anne his wife interred | Jan. the 30, 1696, aged 16 years, |
and by him lieth Ann Tho., Tho., | and Thorold Smith, sonnes |
and daughter of Thomas Smith | and Anne liis wife.
On an old stone to the west of the last in the old character much
effaced, what remains appears to be (D) :
>ii Hie jacet . . . . | Walteri de I q: obiit xi die
m I Mccccxxvn cui
On another fragment of stone :
. . ptember y« 30, 17
68 BURTON PEDWARDINE
On a stone let into the wall high up on the north side of the tower
arch, almost obliterated by whitewash (D) :
Near this place lieth Anne | wife of Thomas Smith, the dau*" |
of M^ Joseph Thorold of Boston, | and by her 3 children and |
grandchildren . . . . | sisters aged .... years.
[See also L.R.S. i, 211-12 : Jeans, 15-16 ; Trollope, Sleaford
349-52.]
(MS vii, 211-215.)
JBurttJell
Notes taken in the church, 19 August 1835 — This church is
prettily situated on the side of a hill and clothed with ivy on the
outside. It consists of a nave and chancel separated by a Norman
arch ornamented with the chevron moulding, and a tower at the
west end. The chancel is on much higher ground ; therefore
there is a gradual ascent from the west. The upper half of the
tower is brick ; on the south of the altar is a water drain,^ and
on the north a large carved bracket in the east wall.
Against the south wall of the chancel is a handsome black marble
monument, flanked by two Doric pillars. The arms over — Sable,
a bend^ between six billets, argent [Alington, of Swinhope],
impaling — Ermine on a fesse sable, three mullets or [Lister, of
Burwell]. The crest is gone. Inscription on a black slab in italics :
M.S. I Under this monument | lyeth interr'd the body of
Hugh I Alington^ of Stanigott in the | county of Lincoln Esq.
ye son and | heir of Henry Alington Esq. | descended from ye
family of ye | AHngtons of Horseth in ye county of |
Cambridge who had to wife in second j marriage Jane the
daughter of S'" | Martin Lister late of this place kt 1 by whom
he had issue Hugh and Barbara. | Hugh died young in ye
life time of his | father and lyeth here also interr'd | Obiit
Juiiii 3° Anno Dom. 1674 | ^tatis suae 39.
On the north wall of the chancel is a handsome white and grey
marble monument with these arms — Ermine, on a fess sable three
mullets or [Lister] ; on an escocheon — Or, on a bend between six
cross crosslets sable three garbs of the field [Bancroft] :
In memory of | Mathew Dymoke Lister Esq. | who died
February the 9, 1772, aged 39 years, | and of Lydia, | only
child of Joseph Bancroft, merchant of Manchester, | and
widow of the above Mathew Dymoke Lister, | by whom she
had issue, Mathew Bancroft, | John Joseph, and Lydia
Boughton, I who died April the 28, 1792, aged 49 years. |
Also of Grace | widow of Sir Edward Boughton, Bart | of
Lawford in the county of Warwick, | wife of Mathew Lister,
Esq., I and mother of the above Mathew Dymoke Lister, |
who died in February 1779, aged 77 years. | The above were
buried in the vault underneath. | Also in memory of Mathew
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Lister, Esq., | who died Jan 15, 1786, aged 79 years and 9
months, | and was buried at Brant Broughton in the county
of Nottingham [sic]. | This marble is erected by their descend-
ant, I not for the purpose of drawing forth their merits or of
recording | their virtue, but as an humble and grateful tribute
of I affection to their memory.
A small marble tablet to the east of the last in capitals :
In memory of | Charles James | second son of Mathew Ban-
croft I and Sophia Lister, | who died at GuiKord April 14,
1808, I aged 9 months, j and was buried in the vault of John
Martyr, Esq., | of that place.
An old flat stone in the chancel partly hid by the steps to the altar,
the inscription round the edge in old character (D) :
[D'nus Will's Copejman quondam vicarius istius ecclesie, qui
obiit anno D'ni mcccclxxxxiiij cuius anime
propicietur [Deus. Amen].
At the west end of the nave are flat stones to the memory of :
Ann Kent died 8 July 1817, set. 67.
John Kent died 16 Nov. 1808, set. 72.
Ehzabeth wife of John Kent died 17 June 1769, set. 21.
Outside the church close under the south wall of the chancel is an
altar tomb covered with a black slab, these arms cut on it —
. . . . , three pallets . . . , over all a bend . . . [for Barkham].
Crest — Two arms couped at elbow, holding a sheaf of arrows ; this
inscription below :
Here lyeth y^ body of Robert Barkham, | Esq., second son
to Sir Rob* Barkliam | of Totenham High Cross in y® county |
of IVIiddlesex, kt, married Frances | second daughter of Sir
Martin Lister | of Burwell in y® county of Lincoln, | kt, &
had issue Frances, Susanna, Mary, | Robert, Edward, &
Michael, dyed y^ | 19 of May 1691, aged 47.
There are stones at the west end of the nave to :
Martha Wainwright died 6 March 1780, set. 94.
Thomas Elvidge died 31 Jan. 1780, aged 65.
Mr James Ashby buried 8 April 1769, set. 74.
Elizabeth his wife died Aug. 28, 17 . . .
The font is octagonal, pannelled with shields in quartrefoyles. The
following inscription is round the base in old character in two lines :
Orate pro animabus Thome Fitz William, et Margarete ux*
eius qui hunc fontem fieri fecerunt A^ D'ni MCCCC*LXVin.
[See also Lines. N. & Q. x, 202.] ^^^ ^ 183-187 )
Notes
* This is a double piscina. ^ The bend should be engrailed. ^ For
Hugh Alington, see Maddison, i, 7. ^ This part of the date is rather
doubtful as the stone has been damaged, but the stjde of the font
renders it probable that it was the fifteenth century.
70 CASTLE BYTHAM
Notes taken in the church, 16 July, 1834 — This church consists
of a nave and north aisle divided by three pointed arches, a chancel,
north transept, and tower at the west end. At the end of the
transept is an early English lancet window of three hghts. It
has a north porch, and in the church are some remains of old pewing,
but it is generally removed, the church having been newly pewed.
The chancel is large, and on the north side is an altar-tomb under
a very large and beautiful ogee quatrefoiled arch ornamented
with the ball in hollow moulding, with a fine crocketed canopy
surmounted by a very handsome finial. The font is adorned with
niches in tref oiled ogee arches divided by pinnacles. There is
neither figure nor inscription remaining :
A white marble tablet north of the altar :
Sacred | to the memory of | the Hon*^'® WiUiam Moore | who
departed this life | Nov^ 20, 1810, | aged 72 years.
A flat stone below commemorates the same.
A neat white marble tablet against the north wall of the chancel,
the inscription in capitals :
Sacred | to the memory of | Lucy wife of Walter Larkham,
Esq., Surgeon, | and 6*^ daughter of Henry Hopkinson, Esq., |
who died in London of malignant cholera, 6 August 1832, j
aged 29 years | and in the 7th month of her marriage. | This
tablet was erected by her husband | in this place for the
more durable record of his affection | amidst her new and
attached relatives. | Her remains are deposited in the vault
of St John's church, | Waterloo Road, Lambeth, Surrey.
A tablet of stone against the south wall of the chancel :
Sacred | to the memory of | William Hopkinson | who died
the 14 of July | 1793, | aged 62 years. | Also | Elizabeth rehct
of I WiUiam Hopkinson | who died 23 April 1817, | aged 86
years.
A similar one collateral to the west :
To the memory of | Mary Eliz*^ wife of | Henry Hopkinson,
Esq., I who died | the 10 day of Oct. 1810, | aged 48 years. |
Also two of their children, | Henry and Elizabeth. | Her
children rise up and call her | blessed. Her husband and he |
praiseth her.
Another more to the west collateral :
Sacred | to the memory of | Henry Hopkinson, Esq., | only
son of WiUiam Hopkinson | and Elizabeth his wife, | who
departed this life | July the 17, 1825, | in the 71 year of his
age. I He served the office of | High Sheriff in the county
of I Lincoln in the year 1799. | This monument of their affec-
tion I was erected by his seven surviving | daughters.
I
CASTLE BYTHAM 71
In the chancel are flat stones to the memory of :
John Tennant, died 31 Oct. 1820, set. 30.
Richard Green, gent., died Sept. 7, 1790, aet. 65.
John Dawkines, gent., died Feb. 9, 1812, aet. 53.
On a black tablet with an obelisk over against the wall north of the
arch to the chancel in two columns :
Sacred | to the memory of | William Exton | who departed
this life I January 15, 1789, | in the 59*^ year | of his age.
Sacred | to the memory of | Sarah wife of | William Exton |
who died Sep. 11, 1807, | in the 69 year | of her age.
In memory of | Elizabeth daughter of the above | Will™ and
Sarah Exton, | who died | Aug. 24, 1819, | aged 55 years.
On a neat grey and white marble monument against the south wall
of the nave with an urn above :
Sacred to the memory of | John Coverley, gent., | who departed
this life Feb. 26, 1816, j aged 57 years. | Also to the grateful
remembrance of his | dearly beloved parents. | John Coverley
his father | died Jany 26, 1787, aged 77 years. | Jane Coverley
his mother, | died Jan^ 4, 1815, aged 84 years.
On a flat stone in the nave in capitals much rubbed :
Here lyeth the body | of Thomas Wil . . . . , | Gentl . . . . ,
died I the ... . day of | March 7 | His
age
On a flat stone more west (D) :
In I memory of | Alice relict of | James Wildman | who
departed this life | September 6, 1818, | in the 74 year of
her I age.
On another :
In memory of | Jarvis Wildman j who died Feb. 29, 1812, |
aged 81 years.
Other flat stones in the nave to the memory of :
Mary wife of Sam^ Christ^ Hardy of Austen Lodge com.
Leicest., died Oct. 17, 1804, aged 23.
George Hurst, died Sept. 12, 1783.
Francis Derry, died 1 Feby 1806, aged 78.
Mary his wife died Feb. 4, 1803, aetat. 68.
Two wooden tablets against the wall of the nave record the following
charitable donations to the poor of this place (D) :
1716, Mrs Lydia Lee of Stamford left 20 shillmgs to the poor
annually on St Thomas day, out of lands in Market Overton,
CO. Rutl., and 10 to the Minister at Castle Bytham to preach
a sermon for her on the 2'^ Sunday in every November.
1720, Mrs Hannah Mills wife of William^ Mills of Exton,
gent., left the interest of £10 to be paid to the poor on St
Thomas day.
72 CASTLE BYTHAM
1733, Nicholas Mills of Castle Bytham, gent., left the interest
of £10 to be paid on St Nicholas day annually.
April 18, 1783, MJ Robert Hurst left £50, the interest to be
paid to the poor annually.
Endymion Canninge of Brooke, co. Rutland, Esq., gave the
interest of £10 to be paid annually.
John Cade of Castle Bytham gave the interest of £10 to be
given annually to the poor in bread.
[See also Wild, The History of Castle Bytham. 97-100.]
(MS V, 43-50.)
Hittle Pptljam
Notes taken in the church of Bytham Parva, 16 July, 1834 —
This church is curious. It consists of a nave and south aisle divided
by round arches resting on plain columns with nail-head moulding,
a chancel, south porch, and tower of Norman character at the west
end, with a Decorated (late) spire with windows. The cornice of
the tower is curiously ornamented [with quatrefoiled circles on
the east side, and with diamonds on the south side]. The chancel
is divided from the nave by a pointed arch, and on the north side
there has been a tomb under an arch with a crocketed canopy
over adorned with the hollow and ball moulding, and flanked by
two pinnacles one of which is broken off. A stone seat runs round
the chancel — [a very rare feature] — and in the place where to
appearance the altar has been are two pieces of stone projecting
out of the wall. On the south side is a double piscina, and at
each corner is a bracket. It is also separated from the nave by
an old screen. In the north wall of the nave is a niche with a
crocketed canopy and finial. In the south aisle is a tref oiled
piscina. The font is a plain octagon. On the south side of the
chancel, blocked up, is a Norman door with the billet moulding,
and in the head of the arch are two birds. The outer moulding of
the door is diaper fashion. There is a door to the north aisle,
blocked up, also Norman, with the nail-head and zig-zag or
chevron moulding, very handsome. These two doors are worthy
of examination. There is no monumental memorial of any
description in the church.
(MS V, 41-42.)
Cantpiclk
Notes taken in the church, 7 August, 1833 —
On a white marble monument against the north wall of the chancelj
with an urn above :
Near this place | is deposited all that was mortal of | Coningsbyj
Sibthorp, Esquire, ll.d, | who having long endured | the!
CANWICK 73
extremity of pain with exemplary patience | at the age of
75, on the 13 day of August a.d. 1788, | placidly resigned
the breath of life | to Him who gave it. | He was an active
and upright magistrate of this county, | Colonell of the
southern regiment of its militia, | and thrice chosen to repre-
sent the ancient city of Lincoln | in Parliament, | throughout
life in every social relation | his character and manners
inspired respect and love, | to his neighbours he was hospit-
able, I to his tenantry indulgent, | to all kind and beneficent, |
but chiefly he was endeared to the children of his brother j
whom being himself unmarried | he cherished with an affection
scarcely less than paternal. | He was a true old English
Country Gentleman, [ a character in these times rare in all
times highly estimable. | To his memory | in obedience to
the last will of his brother | Humphry Sibthorp, m.d., | this
monument j is with pious respect erected | by Humphry
the sole surviving nephew son and heir. | Such has been
the dispensation of Providence | of their collected fortunes |
A.D. 1800.
On a flat stone :
Mr W™ Wetherall | died 22 July 1785, | aged 56 years. |
Benjamin Wetherall | died March 10, 1799, aged 65 years. |
Clarissa Wetherall | his daughter | died March 7, 1786, j
aged 20 years. | Margaret & Sabina died in their infancy.
On a flat stone partly defaced :
Here lyeth y^ Body | of Nath. Clarke | rector of Cannick
who I dyed July 31, 1683, | & EHz. his wife who | dyed Sept.
18, 1684, I in y^ hope of a jo;v-ful | & glorious resurrection. |
Here also lieth the | body of Susanna Clarke | daughter of the
a Bove-mentioned | who departed October | 29, 1721, aetat. 77.
Next to the last another flat stone :
Here lyeth the body | of Susanna Clarke | of the city of
Lincoln, spin : | who departed this life | Dec. 25, 1771, | aged
75 years.
An atchievement against the north side of the nave — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Argent, two bars gules in a border sable [Sibthorp] ;
2nd and 3rd, Or, a bend azure between three leopards' heads
cabossed gules [Waldo]. First crest^ — A demi lion argent, holding a
fleur de lis sable [Sibthorp]. Second crest — A monkey proper,
chained azure. Motto : Nil conscire sibi.
On a hatchment against the south wall the four quarterings of
Sibthorp, impaling — Gules, a chevron argent between three griffins'
heads erazed or [Ellison]. Crest— A demi-Hon argent, holding a
fleur de lis.
On a marble tablet against the south wall of the chancel, in capitals :
Near this place | are interred the remains of | the Rev<i John
74 CANWICK
Sharrer [ vicar of Can wick for upwards of 25 years. | He
departed this life on the 25 day of April | in the year of our
Lord I MDCCCXViii, | aged 72 years.
On a flat stone within the altar rails :
Here lyeth the | body of Thomas | Lodington gent. | de
Merton Coll. in | Oxon., obiit 3 die Jan. ] 1694, setat. 21 years.
On the same stone :
Here lieth the body ] of Mr John Wetherall | one of the sen'
alder° | of the city of Lincoln, | who departed this life | Sep.
first, 1750, I aged 67.
On a blue stone to the west of the last :
Here lieth the body | of Sarah the wife of | John Wetherall
of the I city of Lincoln, who dyed | March 28, 1720, in | the
36th year of her age, | was grand-daughter | of the Rev. M'
Nath: Clarke | Rect. of Canwick. | Here also lieth Ann
the j wife of John Wetherall | one of the sen"" aldermen | of
the city of Lincoln, was | grandaughter of the j Rev*^ M'
Nath. Clarke Rect. | of Canwick, died July 16, | 1745,
aged 49,
Another more to the south :
In memory of Ann wife | of M' Thos Wetherall | merchant
of Gainsbro' | who departed this life Jan. 30, 1793, | aged
52 years, | also | M' Tho. Wetherall | who died Dec. 29, 1795, |
aged 60 years.
A flat stone under the Communion table partly broken :
I daughter of | Sarah Wetherall of
... I city of Lincoln who | died July 31, a.d. 1714, | aged
4 years. | A child of Love a child of Grace | Who now beholds
the blessed face | Of its sweet Jesus blessed above | And
reigning with y® King of Love | Pitying her parents for their
grief I And pointing to their sole relief | Calling Pappa and
Mamma to her. |
A flat stone in the south (R) :
Here lieth the body | of Margaret Reid | who died Jan. the
11, 1773, I aged 66.
(MS iii, 167-174.)
Carebp
Notes taken in the church, July 16, 1834 — This church consists
of a nave and south aisle divided by three pointed arches resting
on tall columns, a chancel, south porch, and a tower at the west
end. The arch from nave to chancel is blocked up. At the west
end, in a neat loft, is a well toned organ presented by the present
rector the Rev. J. R. Deverell, who has also given the pulpit and
CAREBY 75
reading desk. Over the altar is a copy by the rector of the picture
at Burleigh of our Saviour blessing the elements, and the east
window has been put in by the rector who has painted the glass in it.
North of the altar is an ancient tomb, the upper part of which is
hollowed out, and has the half figures in reUevo of a knight in
chain mail with a coif or chapeau of the same, his hands crossed
on his breast, and at his left side is a lady in robe and wimple,
her hair fastened on each side of the face in rolls, her hands similarly
clasped. The lower part is solid and on it is a shield bearing these
arms — . . . two bars ... in chief three escallops.
To the west of the last, without the rails is a tomb, a little raised
from the ground, bearing the effigy of a knight in chain mail with
a chapeau of the same, with brassards and genouailles of plate,
his legs are crossed and hands clasped. He wears a surcoat open
at the bottom of the front, and his sword hangs at the left side,
his head is supported by a pillow held by angels, but their heads
are lost, his feet on a lion. His spurs are gone, but the leathers
by which they were fastened are visible. These two monuments
are in beautiful preservation, especially the latter, and well worthy
of attentive examination.
Against the north wall of the chancel is a handsome marble monu-
ment with these arms above (they are painted in utter defiance
of Heraldic rules, but the colours may be known from a hatchment
near) — Azure, a chevron between six escallops argent [for Hatcher] ;
impaling two wives — (2nd wife). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or, a
plain cross vert [Hussey] ; 2nd and 3rd, Barry of six ermine and
gules [Hussey] ; (1st wife). Gules, on a bend wavy argent three
shovellers sable, beaked gules [Rede]. Crest — A cubit arm gules,
fretty or, holding a laurel branch proper [for Hatcher]. This
inscription below in italics :
Underneath lieth the body of | Thomas Hatcher Esq. |
descended of that antient family of the | Hatchers, for many
generations Lords of | this Manour. | He was bom November
the iii<^, mdclx | and dyed September the vi^ii, mdccxiv. |
He had 2 wives but no issue ; the first was | Grace daughter
of William Harbord, Esq., | the second was Jane daughter |
of Sir Charles Hussey of Caythorpe in this | county, Bart., j
who surviving him, | in memory of her indulgent husband, j
erected this monument | Anno Dom. mdccxxxi.
This follows in plain characters :
Here is also interred the body of | Jane relict of the said
Tho. Hatcher | who departed this life June the 3, 1735, | in
the 80 year of her age.
On a flat stone in the floor below in capitals :
Sepulchrum | Hujus FamiUae | ex Impensis | Thomae Hatcheri |
Armigeri | Anno Domini 1711.
76 CAREBY
On a modem brass plate in the chancel floor (D) :
Here lie the bodies of Margaret | and Mary Watson whose
sincere | friendship and goodness was | a valuable treasure. |
Mary Watson died the 10 of March, | 1726, | in the sixty sixth
year of her age.
In the chancel is a large blue stone which once had the brasses of
a woman and inscription now gone (R). At the west end of the
nave is a stone with a cross cut in it.
[See also G.M., 1862, part ii, 504.]
(MS V, 51-54.)
Carllip
Notes taken in the church, 20 July 1833 —
On a flat stone in the chancel to the north :
Here | lyeth interred the | body of Vrsvla | relict of Captain |
Edward Holford | who departed | this life the tenth | day of
May 1704, | & in the 43 year | of her age.
On a flat stone next to it on the south :
Here | lieth interred the body | of Captain Edward Holford |
who departed this life | the 9th day of February 1699, | in
the 67 year of his age.
T. B. I died 1769, | aged 66 years.
On a grey marble monument with white slab against the wall
south of the altar :
Beneath this marble lies the body | of Elizabeth Clarke |
late the amiable and beloved wife | of John Clarke of Stam-
ford Baron | who died on the 8th day of Dec. 1792, | aged
56 years, | was by the infinite mercy and goodness | of the
Almighty translated from | a world of pain and trouble |
to a world of endless joy and happiness, | where with other
blessed spirits | she's celebrating her Maker's praise. | Blest
be the Bark which wafts thee to the shore | Where death
divided friends shall part no more | To join thee there here
with thy dust repose | Is all the hope thy hapless husband
knows.
On a flat stone within the altar rails :
Here lieth interred the | body of Mary relict of | Lister Tighe
Esq. I who departed this life | the 20th day of Dec. | in the
year of our Lord | 1709, | and in the 70th year of her
age.
Upon another to the south almost obliterated what is legible is :
Frances Tighe relict of | John Tighe one of y^ \ daughters
of Sir Thomas | Allen of Finchley Knt, [ deceased the 24th
of August I 1675, aged 35 years.
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A flat stone in the chancel :
Here | lieth interred the body of the | Rev^ WilHam Purkii=!,
D.D., I twenty six years | Rector of this parish | who departed
this Hfe I February 25th, 1791, | aged 55 years. | John Tigh
Esq. died March 11 1780, | aged 56 years.
A black flat stone to the south :
Eliz. Clarke | died Dec. the 8th, 1792, | aged 58 years.
The church is not large or handsome. It consists of a nave and
two aisles and a chancel with a tower and spire at the west end.
These notes were taken with some difficulty o"wing to our not being
able to obtain the key of the church, and therefore being obliged to
copy the inscriptions through the windows.^
[See also L.R.S. i, 199-200 ; GJI., 1862, part ii, 502.]
(MS ii, 5-8.)
Notes
^ These inscriptions have been checked by the Reverend H. P.
Talbot, and, although they were copied by W. J. Monson,
under such disadvantageous circumstances, they needed but little
correction, and no additions.
Carlton le iMoorlanb
Notes taken in the church of Carlton in Moorland, 10 August
1833—
On a brass plate against the north wall of the chancel, these two
shields above — 1st shield : On a cross five eagles displayed between
four lions' heads erazed [Peterson]. Crest — a lion passant. 2nd
shield : Quarterly, 1st, Three bars wavy, between nine roundles,
on a chief a cannon between two anchors [Gonson] ; 2nd, On a
fret nine roundles in a border ; 3rd, Per pale a saltier wavy
counter-changed, voided ; 4th, On a chief three wolves' heads
[Stidulf]. Crest — A goat's head couped guttee :
Memorise sacrum | Roberti Peterson filii Gulielmi Peterson
Armig. et | Ursulse uxoris ejus filiae Benjamin! Gonson
armigeri ] et questoris Regise classis Qui post banc vitam |
cum laude et virtute peractam multu7«. desiderati | hinc ad
meliorem feliciter commigrarunt Hie sci | licet 20 die Martii
anno D'ni 1608, setat. suae 67. | Haec vero 20 die Mail 1611,
aetatis suae 57. Quibus | unica tantum suscepta proles
Ursula Thomae | Disney filio et haeredi Edwardi Disnej' Arm'i
majtrimonio sociata Eaque binos filios eidem peperit | viz.
Edwardum qui Jan. 15, 1610, menses natus undecim | necnon
Thomam qui April' 25, 1612, unum natus annum | & 5 dies
e vita sublati hie etiam depositi jacent | lidem Thomas et
Ursula uxor eius hoc officii amoris | &> doloris eorum monu-
mentum maestissimi consecrarunt.
78 CARLTON LE MOORLAND
On a white tablet with an urn over it south of the chancel (R) :
Sacred to the memory of | Peter Halliday | who departed
this life 3 Jan. 1796, | aged 42, | also to the memory of | Sarah
Challans his mother | who departed this life 6 April 1796, |
aged 75. | Blessed are the dead who die. in the Lord.
On a white marble tablet next to the last with an urn over it :
Sacred to the memory of | John Halliday m.d.| who died
April XXII, MDCCLXXX, | aged xxx years. | Not less esteemed |
for the amiable qualities of his heart | than admired | for the
universahty of his knowledge and | brilliancy of understand-
ing, I with unremitting industry | he attained to a degree
of eminence in his profession | superior to most | at so early
an age, till languishing | under the affliction of a tedious
disorder, | which he supported | with patient resignation,
calm fortitude, | and | religious acquiescence, ] he composedly
awaited | his dissolution | to ascend those immortal regions |
where his virtues | can alone | be truly ascertained | and justly
rewarded.
On a brass plate in the chancel floor :
Here | lieth the body of the Rev^ | Henry Smith a.m. who
was I vicar of this church 37 years | and departed this life in
the I 28 day of September 1762, | aged 72 years.
On loose brass plates that have been taken out of the church floor :
On the first plate^ :
Here | lies the body of Mr | Richard Eastland, | he departed
this life I September the fourth, | Anno Dom. 1712, aged
56. I Also Anne his wife, | she departed this | life July the |
sixth, Anno Dom. | 1736, aged 73.
On the third plate^ :
In memory of | Mrs Mary Eastland | who departed this life |
May the 19 day, 1739, | aged 44, daughter of | Mr Richard
and Mrs Ann | Eastland.
On a flat stone [on floor of chancel] :
In memory of | the Rev. | Thomas Seddon | late vicar, | who
died the twentieth | day of March 1799, j aged 73 years.
Philippa daughter of | the Rev. | Thomas and Ann Seddon
was buried the sixth day [ of September 1761, aged 4 years.
A brass plate let into a stone against the north wall of the chapel
these arms over — Quarterly of six coats, 1st and 6th, On a fesse
three fleur de lis (Disney) ; 2nd, .... a fesse dauncey between three
escallops [Dyve] ; 3rd, three lions passant guardant [Amundevill] ;
4th, . . . , on a chief .... two mullets ; 5th . . . . , billetty . . . ,
a lion rampant. The inscription in capitals :
In hac capella iacent Johannes Disney secundus Alius |
Johannis Disney de Norton Disney Armig. et pater | Gulielmi
CARLTON LE MOORLAND 79
Disney de Norton praedict. qui uxorem | duxit Elizabethan!
filiam [blank] Walcott de | Walcott Armig. ex qua tres filios
Thomam scilicet | Jacobum et Anthonium genuit et obiit
circiter | anno D'ni 1556, ac etiam prsedictus Thomas Disney
armig. | filius et hseres . . . Johannis prsedicti qui uxorem
duxit I Katharinam filiam Augustini Porter de Belton |
Armig. ex qua filios 4 viz. Edwardum Johannem Hen j ricum
et Thomam genuit Obiitque 17 Aprilis 1568. | Necnon
Edwardus Disney prsedict. Armig. cui nupta | fuit Jana
filia Willhelmi Thorold de Harmeston | Armig. ex qua 5
filios suscepit vizt, Thomam Henricum | Gulielmum Johannem
et Richardum totidemque filias | Katharinam scilicet Janam
Mariam Annam et Elizabetham. | Atque obiit 7 Septembris
Anno D'ni 1595, aetatis suae 46.
On a white marble tablet (R) against the north wall surmounted
by an urn :
In memory of | Robert Tonge gentleman | who died 26
November 1795, | aged 59 years. | Also of | Elizabeth his
wife I who died 30 Nov. 1811, aged 69 years, | and of Eleanor
their daugh^ who died \ in her infancy.
A brass plate in the floor below (R) records the same people.
An oval black marble tablet more to the east :
Near this place | lie the remains of 1 John Tonge | late ] of
Grantham in this county, | chemist and druggist, | who
died 6 of Oct. 1817, | aged 32 years.
On loose brass plates lying in the chancel having been taken up
from the floor of the chancel :
The second plate^ :
Here lyeth y® body of | Sarah Eastland who | departed this
life July I the 20, 1725, aged 26. | Memento^ mori. | Here lyeth
also y*^ body of | Gill Eastland by his mother | who departed
this life March | the 12, 172f, aged 8 months.
The fifth plate^ :
In memory of Mr. Joseph | Tonge who departed | this life
July I 21, 1765, aged 54 | years.
The fourth plate^ :
In memory of Mrs Rebecca | Tonge the wife of | Mr Joseph
Tonge who | departed this life | 9 Sept. 1764, aged | 57
years.
On a flat stone in the chancel :
In memory of | Anne wife of | the Rev^ | Thomas Seddon, |
vicar, | who died the thirtieth | day of July 1785, | aged
65 years.
Another more to the west :
In memory of | Anne Brocklebank | who in her first marriage
80 CARLTON LE MOORLAND
was the wife of | Peter Hallidaj^ | and in her second of | the
Revd W. Brockiebank. | She died Sep. 23, | 1820, | aged
59 years.
The church consists of a nave and chancel, and north chapel
now used as a school, with a pinnacled tower at the west end.
[See also Jeans, 17-18.]
(MS xii, 27-34.)
Notes
^ These plates are now afl&xed to the south wall of the chancel,
above the door. ^ A skull is carved here.
iSortlj Carlton
Notes taken in the church, 2nd Sept., 1828 — This day we made
an excursion to North Carlton. I shall first begin with the church.
It is a very neat, small edifice, but contains only two memorials
of the Monson family. These are inlaid brasses in the chancel.
One, about 12| inches by 5f inches, rather to the south of the
chancel, is as follows in capitals :
Here lieth the body of S^ Robert | Mounson k?^ the 3 sone
of S'" John I Movnson of Sovth Carleton in the | covnty of
Lincolne who | was the last pvrcheser of | North Carleton
after the | death of his father.
In the right hand bottom corner are the following arms — Or, two
chevronels gules, with a mullet for difference [Monson] ; impaling —
. . . , a cross between four cinquefoils . . . [for Clayton].
The other brass, measuring 22| inches by 5| inches, is rather to
the northward, in capitals :
Here lieth the body of Edward Monson | Esq. the eleventh
son of S'" John Monson | Jvn'" late of Bvrton Barr*^ who
departed j this life Sept' 1^ Anno Dom : 1714, aged 46
years.
Above the inscription are the arms of Monson, with a martlet for
difference.
[See also Jeans, Supp. Add., 3.]
(MS Supp., 28-29.)
^outf) Carlton
Notes taken in the church, 1st September, 1828 — The church
is a very neat building and the approach to it down the hill, pretty.
Over the porch of entrance is an old cross. In the aisle is a stone
with an inscription round it but now almost illegible, a little further
on one from which brasses of inscription and arms have obviously
been toni, and nearer the chaucel another in which also there has
I
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been a brass for an inscription. All these probably were Monson
monuments. In approaching the chancel is a handsome old oak
screen, and over the arch in the carving are four shields, the two
centre are obviously the Monson arms impaled with those of
Anderson and Oxenbrigge, but those at the side, in being repainted,
are left only Monson, impaled with argent and with azure. In
the two first mentioned only is the bloody hand.
The Monson burial chapel is on the north of the chancel. The
first object on entrance which must attract the eye is the splendid
marble standing tomb to Sir John Monson. The knight and his
lady, the former in complete armour, lie extended, their heads
resting on cushions ; one of his arms falls over his thigh, the other
is at his side, as are both of hers. He has both beard and mous-
tachios, the legs have been broken off ; her figure is more perfect ;
she is in a figured dress, and the length is about 5^ feet. They lie
under a canopy supported by six grey marble columns. It has been
richly ornamented in the ceiling and with the following decorations
on each side : On the east the monument is surmounted by the
arms of Monson impaled with — Argent, a lion passant between
three crosses patee fiche [gules] for Dighton. Beneath, on the
pediment, in a small shield are the arms of Monson impaled with
Anderson. At the base of this side are two figures, male and female,
kneeling at a desk with books before them. They are mutilated,
the male figure being partly divided. On the south side the canopy
bears the inscription, and on the frieze of the pediment are the
arms of Monson, impaled with — Per bend indented or and azure,
two crosses patee counterchanged (Smith). The next shield,
Monson, impaled with — Argent, a saltier between four martlets
gules [Clayton]. And the last shield on this side, being the Monson
arms, with — Argent, a bend undee sable (Wallop). No doubt
these are the coats of Anthony, Sir Robert, and Sir William Monson.
On this side are at the base two female and one male figures. The
female figures, one in particular, are very perfect, but the male
is without his head. The height of the most perfect figure (they
are all kneeling) is three feet. The west side is surmounted by
the Monson quarterings, as thus, Monson, Hussey, Nesfield, Hussey,
Say, and Cheney. These are in a large shield. Beneath was a
coat of anns on the frieze, but now broke down ; there are no
figures on this side. On the north side are the arms of Brown,
Reresby, and Dymock, impaled with Monson on the frieze. On
this side also there are two women and one man. but much mutilated.
The length of the monument where the pillars rise is 7 feet 4 inches,
but from the base 9 feet 10 inches. The breadth 6 feet above,
below 8| feet. The kneeling figures are as to the men in niffs
and half armour, the women in frills with a head-dress thrown
over the head. There were more figures round it. Three men
and two women are lying in the comers of the chapel.
82
SOUTH CARLTON
In the inner part of the chapel are the tombs of Sir H. Monson
and Lord Monson and the atchievements of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
Lord Monsons. In the outer part of the chapel are two iron helmets
and two iron gamitlets.
[See also L.R.S. i, 150.]
(MS Supp., 18-21.)
Note
The great tomb, which is described above, was the work of
Nicholas Stone, statuary and master mason to James I and Charles I,
and architect, as is shewn by an entry in one of Stone's note books
in the Soane museum, a copy of which was sent to the present
Lord Monson by Mr Walter L. Spicer in 1913.
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1625
Be°8 the greett seknes year I mad a tomb for S*^: Thomas
Monsons father and mother and it was sett vp that year in
Avgvst, 2 milles b'yond Lencon for the which I had 200"
Stone, who was born near Exeter in 1586, and died in London
in 1647, studied for his craft in London under Isaac James, and
in Holland under Pieter de Keyser, son of Hendrick de Keyser,
the famous sculptor. Returning to London in 1614, Stone executed
various works in London. He is best known by his monuments,
which are in the lat« debased Renaissance style, known as Jacobean.
Among the tombs made by him were those of Thomas Sutton in
the Charterhouse, Sir Thomas Bodley at Oxford, Dr John Donne
in a winding-sheet in St Paul's cathedral, and Lord-chief-justice
Coke at Titteshall in Norfolk. An account-book of Stone's, con-
taining details of many such works, which had been purchased by
Horace Walpole, was sold at the Strawberry Hill sale to Sir
John Soane, and is now in the Soane museum, Lincoln's Inn
Fields.
CAYTHORPE 83
Captfjorpe
Notes taken in the church, 9 August, 1833 —
The following inscriptions are on brass plates in a chapel north
of the tower, which here stands in the centre of the church between
the nave and the chancel :
Here is the body of Charlotte | Hussey wife of Sir Edward |
Hussey who dyed Aug. 30, | 1695, in the 31 year of her | age,
by whom S^ Edward | had eleven children.
Here is the body of Ann | Hussey daughter of S' | Edward
Hussey and | Charlotte his wife who | departed out of this
life in | April 1696, in the sixth yeere | of her age.
Robert Hussey son of Sir | Edward and Elizabeth | Hussey
was bom May the ninth, | 1706, and departed out of | this
life on the 31 of the | same month.
Here is the body of Daniel | Hussey son of S^ Edward | Hussey
and Charlotte | Hussey, he departed out | of this life Nov.
1696, in the | 4th year of his age.
A handsome marble monument against the east wall of the north
aisle, ornamented with cherubs and garlands, these arms above —
Quarterly 1st and 4th, Barr}' of six argent and gules [Hussey] ; 2nd
and 3rd, Or, a cross azure, a crescent sable [Hussey]; impaling — Or,
3 calthrops and a chief sable [de Vic] :
Underneath | hes the body of | Sir Edward Hussey of Wel-
boume, Bart, | son and heir of Sir Charles Hussey of the
second branch | of the antient and noble family of the
Husseys, | a gentleman of great learning, virtue, integrity, | and
singular love to his country, which he served | many years
in parliament with honor | as one of the representatives of
the city of Lincoln. | He had by his first [wife] Charlotte,
only daughter of | Daniel Brevint, d.d.. Dean of Lincoln,
eleven children, | who all dyed unmarried except two, viz. |
Charlotte late wife of Thomas Bochin^ Esq., | and Sarah,
first the wife of Robert Cawdron, | and now of VVeston John
Smith, Esq. | By his second wife EUzabeth daughter of Sir
Charles de Vic, Bart, | (son of Sir Henry de Vic, Bart), | he
had three sons and one daughter, viz. | Anne Charlotte,
Henry, Robert, and Edward. | Sir Edward dyed February
XIX A.D. MDCCXxrv aged lxv. | Henry succeeded him in
his honour and estate, and dyed unmarried | February xrv,
MDCCXXix, aged xxvn. | Amie Charlotte, Robert, and Edward
dyed young. | In memory of her husband and children who
aU lie here | Elizabeth his widow set up this monument |
A.D. MDCCXXXii intending it both for them and herself. |
Near this place lieth the body of the said | Ehzabeth Lady
Hussey. | She died January the xxi, | a.d. mdccl aged
Lxxvni.
84 CAYTHORPE
On a white tablet against the north wall :
Rebecca Pickworth Atkin | sister of the late Capt° Pickworth
Horton and wife | of Mr John Atkin who was of Asgarby
in this county, | died at Lambeth in Surrey, | August 7,
1817, I aged 35 years, | her remains being deposited near
this place. | We wept when we remembered Zion. Psalm
CXXXVII.
On a small monument adjoining :
Sacred to the memory of | Pickworth Baxter Posthumus
Horton Esq. | son of Pickworth Horton | late Captain in
the 61 Regiment of Foot, | who at the age of 28 years | fell
in the arms of victory | at the battle of Salamanca | on July
22, 1812, I as he lived honorable & beloved | so he died
glorious. I Art thou indeed dear youth for ever fled | So quickly
numbered with the silent dead | Yet though we now lament
with deepest woe | We patient bow for God ordained it so.
On another monument with these arms — Argent, three martlets in
pale sable between two flanches or charged with two lions passant
of the 2<^ ; crest — A buck's head erazed [the arms of Browne] :
In memory of Wm. Pickworth gent. | the remains of a family
who lived | in good repute some hundred | years in this
parish. | He died Oct. 29, 1745, aged 45 years. | Also Rebekah
wife of Mr James Horton | daughter of W^^ & Cath. Pick-
worth I who died August 18, 1753, | aged 24 years. | Also
Cath® wife of the above W™ Pickworth | who died July 22,
1782, aged 76 years, | also Pickworth Horton gent. | who
died Sept. 18, 1783, | aged 31 years.
At the west end of the north aisle a black tablet with these arms
under — Gules, a bend engrailed argent, on which three escucheons
azure [for Shield] : the motto — Pro Rege Lege Grege :
In a vault | near this place | lie the remains | of | William
Shield Esq. | who departed this life | on the 29 Nov. 1812, |
aged 53 years, | also of | Sophia daughter of | William & Jane
Shield I who died in the year 1811, | aged 12 years, | likewise
of Henrietta | an infant.
On a white tablet above :
Sacred | to the memory of | Rich. Metheringham gent. | who
died Feb. 19, 1783, | aged 65 years. | Also | Ann reUct of the
above | Rich. Metheringham gent., | and only daughter of |
Henry Swan surgeon, | late of Fenton in this county. | She
died Sept. 28, 1789, | aged 58 years.
On another tablet :
In a vault beneath | are deposited the remains of | Alexander
Bassett | second son of Alexander | Richard and Elizabeth
Bassett | of Frieston | who died on the 26 day of July 1807, |
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CAYTHORPE 86
aged 3 years & 2 months. | Happy infant early blest | Rest
in peaceful slumber, rest. | Also Ann widow of | Lieut. Col.
William Atkinson | of the 69th Regiment, | and mother of
the above | Ehzabeth Bassett. | She died Feb. 13, 1830, j
aged 86 years.
A handsome white marble monument against the east wall of the
south aisle. In the middle is the bust of a man in a cap, on a
pedestal, inscribed ' W™ Palmer fecit ', these arms over — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Azure, a cross or ; 2nd and 3rd, Barry of six argent
and gules [Hussey] ; impaling — Or, an inescucheon within an orle of
martlets sable [Brownlow]. On a white marble slab below the bust
this inscription in italics :
Here lyeth | waiting for the | Resurrection the body of | the
Hon. Sir Charles Hussey of Caythorpe in the county of
Lincoln, Bart., Lord of j this Mannour and one of the Gentle-
men of his Majestys most Hon^^^ Privy Chamber in | extra-
ordinary, and dear husband of Elizabeth eldest daughter of
S*" William Brownlow | of Humby in the said county, Bart.,
by whom he had seven sons and eight daughters | who, serving
his country in Parhament Anno xin^ of king Charles the
II as knight of the shire | for the said county, departed this
life at London, December ii in the xxxix year of his | age,
and was interred here December xvi, a.d. mdclxiv. j And
near him lye the bodys of his said wife Ehzabeth who was
bom August IX, | mdcxxx, and dyed at London, December
XXV, A.D. MDCLXXXVin, | whose extensive charity and affec-
tion to her children nothing could exceed. | And of Mrs Anne
Brownlow xix child of the same Sir William Brownlow,
Bart., who died | August vi, mdccxx, aged Lxvin, | whose
whole Ufe was employed in doing good to the afflicted and
distressed. | And of Mrs Anne Hussey a maiden daughter
of the said S"" Charles Hussey who died | August vi, mdccxxvti,
aged Lxxii. | She was steadfast in the Rehgion of the Church
of England, a true lover of her family, | and her sincere friend-
ship and goodness made her justly valued by all that knew
her.
A brass plate in the floor of the pew below :
A. H.^ob. Aug. 6th. 1727. | She was a daughter to S^ Charles |
Hussey of Caythorp, knt and bart. | He was one of the Bed
Chamber and Privy Councellor to his sacred | Majesty King
Charles y® second. He married Elizabeth y^ eldest | daughter
of S^ W^ill™ Brownlowe, | bart., of Humby in the county | of
Lincoln, by whom he had | seven sons and eight daughters.
On another near (D) :
Thomas Hussey Esq. son of S^ | Edw. Hussey, Bart., by
his first I wife Charlotte only child of Dan^ | Brevint, d.d.
86 CAYTHORPE
and Dean | of Lincobi, departed this life May | the 30, 1720,
in the 25th year of his age.
On another more to the west (D) :
Here lyeth the body | of Anne Brownlow daughter | of S'^
William Brownlow of | Humby in the county of Lincoln,
Bart., I who departed this life on y^ 5th day of | August 1720,
aged 72 years.
Another near in capitals partly hid by a bench (D) :
Here lieth the body of Augustine Reed | who departed this
life I the 23 of April 1687, aetatis suae 39.
On a black tablet against the south wall :
Near | this place lieth the body of | John Holmes gent. |
who departed this life May 14, 1783, j aged 83 years. | Also
Millicent Holmes relict of | the above who died Jany 24,
1795, aged 88.
On a white stone tablet more to the west :
Near this place lyeth the body of | Mrs Mary the wife of |
John Holmes, gent., 2nd daugh- | ter and coheir of WiUiam
' Thorpe | of Fenton, gent., interred Sept. 5, | An : Do : 1730,
aged 62 years. And of | Mrs Judith y® eldest daughter | of
ye said John & Mary | interred March y^ 31, 1717, | aged
19 years. And of | Mrs Elizabeth y^ 4th daughter | of y«
said John & Mary | interred March 16, A. Do. 1732, | aged
24 years, waiting for a joyful Resurrection | in dust doth
lye, I a most affectionate wife | and loving children by : |
And also of Mrs Mary the 2nd daughter of y^ said John &
Mary | interred Dec. y^ 21, A, Do, 1745, | aged 46 years. |
Underneath lyeth the body of John j Holmes, gent., interr^
Dec. ye 20th | An. Do. 1726, aged 78 years. | Nihil certius
morte Hora nihil incertius.
A small square marble tablet more to the west :
To the memory | of Edward Smith, gent., | who died 3 June,
1773, aged 66, | & Eleanor his wife | who died Feby 3, 1783, |
aged 71 years.
A black tablet more to the west :
Sacred to the memory | of Mrs Ann Smith | who departed
this life I the 26 of Feb. 1806, | aged 62 years.
Another more to the west :
To the memory of | Edw. the son of | Ed, & Eleanor Smith |
who died 21 of August 1799, | aged 57 years. | Also of Edw*^
his son I who died 1st of March 1784, | aged 6 years.
A stone monument ornamented with two pillars to the west of
the south door :
Near this place | lyeth the body of | Robert Dawson, gent., |
who departed this life | April y* 3, 1729, aged 73 years, j
CLAXBY BY NORMANBY 87
Also near this place lyeth | the body of | Henry Dawson,
gent., I nephew and devisee of the | abovesaid Robert, who |
departed this life Nov. 19, 1738, | aged 32 years. | And also
near this place lyeth | the body of Frances daughter | of
Henry Dawson, gent., and | Mary his wife, who departed |
this life Feby 8, 1739-40. | And Robert son of the above
Henry | died June 15, 1758, aged 25 years. | Also Sarah
daughter of the above Rob* | and Sarah his wife, died June
27, 1759, j aged 10 months.
This church is curious from having no nave but two aisles resting
on three handsome pointed arches with lofty pillars. The tower
is between these, and the chancel and the four arches that support
it are lofty and fine. Above it is a tall spire. Over the arch from
the body to the tower is a curious painting partly covered by white
wash, representing the Last Judgement. Over the Hussey monu-
ment in the north aisle are five pennons of their arms.
[See also L.R.iS. i, 232.]
(MS xii, 5-18.)
Notes
^ This name should be Pochin. ^ This was Anne Hussey, who
died unmarried.
Claxtjp bp iSormanbp
Notes taken in the church, 29 August, 1828 —
On a brass plate, measuring 17 inches x 5^ inches, in a stone in
the middle of the chancel, very near the communion table, in
capitals :
Here lies lane Bumaby wife of Richard Bumaby | of Rugbie
in the county of Warwicke, Esq., daughter j of lohn Monson
of Northorp in the county of | Lincoln, Esq., by Mary
Fitz Williams his ii^ wife, | who died the 21^^ of March 1653.
On another brass, measuring lOf inches x 9 inches, also in the
chancel, a little more to the west of the previous one, and near
her father's stone, with the arms of Monson (with a martlet for
difference), impahng Fitz Williams, with the following inscription
in capitals :
Here lyeth the body of Mary Monson | wife of lohn Monson
of Northorpe | in the covnty of Lincolne, esqvire, | and
davghter of William Fitz Williams, | of Claxby in the sayd
covnty, esqvire, | who departed this life the xxix | of Avgvst
Ao D'ni iiDCXXXviii.
The inscription to her father begins :
Gulielmus Fitz Williams Armiger | a^ aetatis suse altero supra
Lxxx I Arma Militiae huius deposvit | Weepe, poore men, weepe
88 CLAXBY BY NORIVIANBY
here our mortality | Laied a Maister in Hospitality. | How
he was reUgious, faithfull, constant, | Twenty seaven Quietus
est's demonstrant. | From worldly troubles he nere found
true rest, | Untill from God he bad Quietus est.
Anno D'ni 1634, | mense Julii die decimo tertio | vivat in
aetemum.
[See also LM.S. i, 99-100 ; Lines. N. dh Q. xix, 49-51.]
(MS Supp., 11-12.)
iSortf) Cocfeerington ^t iWarp
Notes taken in the church of South [sic] Cockerington, 24 August,
1835 — This church has been rebuilt by the late Mr Emeris, and
consists of a nave and south aisle, which are parted by two pointed
arches, chancel, and tower at the west end of the south aisle. The
church is in an unfinished state, not being floored as the munificent
rebuilder did not live to complete it. In it remains the figure of
a knight which is much mutilated ; the legs and arms are gone.
He is in plate armour with a gorget of mail. It is ascribed to Sir
John de Cockerington, but more probably was one of the family
of Scotney.
[See also Lines. N. & Q. x, 204.]
(MS vi, 109.)
Colebp
Notes taken in the church, 8 August 1833 —
Against the south wall of the chancel a white marble monument,
with an urn above, and these arms below — Ermine, on a fess [sable],
three mullets or [Lister] :
Sacred to the memory of | Mary Lister j second daughter
and coheir of Thomas Lister of Coleby | in the county of
Lincoln, Esq. | She was a woman of very good sence, | sub-
missive and condescending to her superiors, | affable and
courteous to her equals, | easy and humane to her inferiors,
agreable and obliging to all, | of strict virtue and singular
piety to her great Creator | to whom she rendered her soul
the 6th of March a.d. 1734. | She was the last of the antient
family of the Listers of Coleby, | and left her estate to her
nephew Thomas Scrope, | son of Gervase Scrope of Cockering-
ton in the county of Lincoln, Esq., | who in gratitude to her
memory erected this monument.
On a flat stone in the aisle :
To the memory of | Susanna the wife of | John Oxby | who
departed this life | the 13 day of July 1812, | aged 50 years.
CORBY 89
A blue flat stone "within the altar rails :
Here lyeth the body of | Mary Lister | the 2^ daur and coheir
of I Thomas Lister of Coleby Esq., who departed | this life
March the 6, a.d. 1734, j aged 47 years.
The church is curious. It consists of a nave separated from the
north aisle by two Norman arches with the billet moulding, resting
on plain round columns, and from the south aisle by two arches
pointed springing from clustered columns with foliated capitals.
At the east end of the chancel are three lancet windows and a
pointed arch from the nave to the chancel. The south porch is
Norman, and the font also of that style, being square on a base,
and ornamented with a range of intersecting arches having a pillar
at each comer. At the west end is a tower with a crocketed spire.
There are some old benches.
(MS iii, 163-165.)
Notes taken in the church, 26 Julj^ 1833 —
On a stone in the chancel floor (R) :
To the memory of | The Rev^ John Hutchins a.m. | late
master of the | Grammar School | of this town, Rector of |
Foldingworth and Harston, | Chaplain to his | Grace the
Duke of Rutland, | and one of his Majesty's | Justices of the
Peace | for this county, | Died the 7 day of March | 1797 |
in the 42 year of his | age.
In the chancel is a stone in which have been the brasses of two
figures, with inscriptions, and four shields of arms, but now gone ;
and a second stone close by which has also had similar brasses.
Upon a stone at the east end of the north aisle (D) :
Mr Richard Cony of London, | son of | Major Richard Cony
of Corbj'^, I grandson of ] S^ Thomas Cony of Basingthorp, |
was buried here | Sept. 15, | 1704.
On a black monument against the north wall of the north aisle,
with these arms under — Sable, a fesse between three cocks or
[Wilcox] :
M. S. I Francisci Wilcox a.b. | Hujus ecclesiae ministri et |
Ludi literarii annos prope quinqua | ginta, magistri necnon
de Bitchfield, | Vicarii viri libris et virtutibus | plurimis
omati qui cum Ciiristi vexillo | annos septuaginta et quatuor
meruisset | ut Coelum quod diu anhelasset opportune |
arriperet lubens fato cessit anno salutis 1776 | In ecdem fere
tumulo jacent cineres | Annse uxoris mulieris ob insignem
pietatem | summam probitatem vigilantem bona? | Parentis
curam magnum sui apud liberos | desiderium relinquentis |
90 CORBY
decessit Jan" 1764, aetat. 59, | monumentum hoc amoris
et I MsBroris perpetuorum testem | charissimi posuerunt
Liberi.
A stone tablet against a pillar at the west end of the nave :
Rich<^ Kirk son of | Rob* & Mary Kirk | departed this life
Feb. 16, 1793, | aged 57 years. | Mortals be wise, | Remember
judgement | and learn to die.
On another more to the south :
To the memory | of Robert Kirke | who departed this Ufe
October 30, 1776, ] in the 66th year of his age. | Also Mary
wife of Robert Kirke, died | May 4th, 1783, in the | 72 year
of her age.
On a flat stone below :
Sacred | to the memory of | Mary Williamson | wife of | Curtis
Williamson | who departed this life | May 17, 1800, | aged
xxxi years. | A lingering illness did me seize | which wore
my strength away | which made me crave eternal rest | which
never will decay.
A stone tablet against the wall of the north channel :
Erected to the memory of | Mrs Ann wife of | Mr John Wade,
gent., I and daughter of Mr | George Morris, gent., | of
Barrowby. She departed j this life March 1, 1772, | aged
81 years.
A brass plate in the floor below :
Mr John Wade, | died Nov. 22, 1794, | aged 76 years.
On a flat stone within the altar rails in capitals (D) :
Exuvias hie reliquit | Edwardus Woodroffe generosus | quas
deposuit evadens terris | 26*° die Februarii ] Ano D'ni 167f . |
Dum jubente Christo | Resurgant immortales.
The church consists of a nave and two aisles supported on four
clustered columns with pointed arches, a chancel, and north aisle.
In the east window are these arms — AzAire, two bendlets between
six martlets argent [for Luttrell]. At the west end a tower.
(MS ii, 195-200).
Corringfjam
Notes taken in the church, 5 September, 1835 — This church
consists of a nave and aisles resting on the north side on two Norman
and two pointed arches, and on the south on four lofty ones of the
latter style, a chancel which is divided from the nave by a Norman
arch with receding mouldings, a south porch, and a tower at the
west end. The font is massive and ancient, some old benching
remains, and part of the north aisle is divided off by a screen of
good style ; it is now used as a school.
CORRINGHAM 91
On the north wall of the chancel is a flat-headed arch with corbelled
heads to support it, and over the centre a bust or head of a priest.
Below the arch is an altar tomb, covered with a black slab, round
which an inscription is cut in Saxon letters. It is now much defaced
and all that can be dec\^hered is as follows, but Holies has given
the inscription entire :
Hie : lacet : WiUelmus : De : Lagare : Quondam : Archi-
diaconus : Lincolnie : et : Prebendarius : huivs : ecclesie ^
A grey marble monument with a white sarcophagus against the
south wall of the chancel, these arms over — [Gules], a fesse between
three boars' heads couped [erminois], on a canton the arms of
Ulster [Becket] ; impaling — . ... a lyon^ rampant, in chief three
mullets . . . [Wilson]. Crest, a boar's head :
Sacred | to the memory of | Sir John Beckett, Bart, | of
Somerby Park in this parish | and of Leeds | in the county
of York. I He died Sept. 18, 1826, | in the 84 year of his age. |
His remains are deposited in the choir | of the parish church
of Leeds.
A grey tablet with a white urn over against the opposite wall :
Sacred | to the memory of | Richard Beckett | of the ] Cold-
stream Regiment of Guards | who fell at the Battle of | Tala-
vera de la Rejnia in Spain | on the 28 of July 1809, | aged
27 years. | He was killed by a musket shotj while actively
discharging his duty as | Brigade Major to the Brigade of
Guards | which formed part of the British Army | in that
memorable engagement. | Dulce et decorum est pro Patria
mori. I This tablet is erected | by the afflicted father | of a
dutiful and dearly | beloved son.
A flat stone in the chancel :
Here lyeth the body of | Mary the wife of William | Fulbeck
of Dunstall, Gent., | dyed November the 5, 1690, ] aged
34 years. | Here lyeth the body of | William Fulbeck
of Dunstall, | gent., dyed October the 3, 1717, j aged 73
years.
Another collateral :
Here lieth the body of Mary the | wife of John Wells, who
departed | this life the 20th day of August 1770, | aged 50
years. | In memory of John W^ells who | departed this
life April 15, 1791, | aged 69 years. | Also Elizabeth
Wells daughter of Francis & Mary Wells who | died an
infant.
On another :
Here lyeth the body of | John Wells of Dunstall, gent., | dyed
January the 8th, 1795, | aged 55 years.
A stone also to Francis Wells and Marv his relict.
92 CORRINGHAM
A brass plate against the north wall of the chancel. Arms below —
Argent, three boars' heads erazed vert [for Broxholme] :
Anno D'ni mdcxxxi. | To the Glorie of God and for the pious
remem [ brance of their dear brethren Robert and Thomas |
Broxholm, gent., late of Corringham in the countie of j
Lincolne, deceased, and here interred. Henry and Mary |
Broxholme (yet surviving) have erected this memorial, | who
with their deceased brethren aforenamed having | lived
together above 60 yeares, and for the most part of | this
time in one famely and most brotherly concord, | comfortable
to each other, beloved of their neighbours, cha- | ritable to
the poor, constant in the profession of the | true Religion,
doe suppose (by the favour of God) to dye | in the same
Faith and here to rest together with them in | one and the
same hope of a Glorious Resurrection.
Though to be four in person they were knowne,
Yet both in will & minde thev were but one.
One father on one mother them begot,
And they made up one fourefold true-love-knot.
They kept one famely, and which is rare
They had no jarrings neither discords there.
None of them were agreeu'd or discontent.
What either or the other gave or spent.
In one plame path they walked all their dales,
Nor judgeng nor invieng others waies.
Nor so much seeking for the worlds esteems
As to be truly that which they did seeme.
One Faith, one Hope, one Love they (living) had,
Which them the members of one body made.
Though none of them had husband, child or wife.
They mist no blessing of the married life.
For to the Poore they ever were insteed
Of husband, wife and parent to their need.
This they who knew them witness and beleeve,
That when immortal bodyes these receive.
They shall make up the Vergine traine of those
Who wait upon the LAMB where'er he goes.
On a brass plate against the wall over the old tomb, on which are
cut two figures of a man and woman kneeUng at a desk or table
on which is a skull, and three children below. Above the man is
the shield of arms — . . . , three eagles displayed gules. Above
the figures is written :
Mortvorvm monvmenta Vivorvm Docvmenta.
[Issuing from the mouth of the man are the words : Morte quaesivi
regnum, and from the woman's mouth the words : Quaesiti spero
semper habere do tern. Lender the skull is written Sequentvr, non
praecessere.]
COTES BY STOW 93
On the table is inscribed :
Det Deus ut sit haereditarium.
Below the figures is this inscription :
Memoriae | Henrici Clifford | Sacrae Theologiae Bacalarei
istius ecclesiae una cum | Stow prebendarii huj usque Vicarii.
Religionis | sinceritate vitaeque integritate celeberrimi
sacrorum | Dei mysteriorum oraculi, verbi divini dispensa-
toris I Fidelissimi ac frequentissimi. clucentis in vxorem |
Elinoram filiam Richardi lackson gen. per quam | filios
habuit Henricum Georgium et Thomam. | Obiit decimo
sexto die Februarii A'o aetatis 52, | An. Dom. | 1628, | Conjux
maestissima a viro charissimo | divisa has aereas lineas
dicavit.
In cineres PhcEnix ex pulvere nuUus inanis
Pulvis es aut parias funditus aut pereas.
Tu clerum. Lector, populum tu consule, dicunt
Hoc aevum huic similem non peperisse virum.
Tetrastichon. W. H.
[See also Lines. N. ds Q. xi, 43 ; L.R.S. i, 149 ; Jeans, 20-1, and
Supp., 4.]
(MS viii, 195-201.)
Note
^ This should be a wolf. Mary the wife of Sir John Becket was
the daughter of Christopher Wilson, bishop of Bristol.
Notes taken in the church of Coates near Stow, 4 Septem-
ber, 1835—
On a brass plate in the wall on the north side of the chancel with
these arms — Or, on a chevron sable, between three demi-lyons
passant guardant gules, crowned or, as many cups covered of the
last [Butler] ; crest — A horse's head couped quarterly . . .
and . . . . :
Here lyeth the body of ^Ir Anthony | Butler son of Anthony
Butler of | Coats in the county of Lincolne, | Esq., who dyed
the ninth day of Aprill | in the yeare of our Lord 1673, being |
the last heire male of this family.
On a brass plate in the south wall of the chancel there are engraved
figures of a man in armour and a female in ruff and dress of the
end of the fifteenth century, kneeling at an altar. Over the man
are the Butler arms and crest ; over the female the Tirwhit, viz. —
Gules, three lapwings or, a mullet for difference ; and between
these coats, one of the Butler and Tirv\'hit arms impaled. These
arms have all originally been coloured. Beneath the two principal
94 COTES BY STOW
figures are five sons and three daughters kneeling at an altar. The
sons have these names over them, (1) Joannes, (2) Gulielmus,
(3) Carolus, (4) Antonius, (5) Thomas. John and Charles carry-
skulls in their hands. The girls have these names over, (1) Helena,
(2) Martha, (3) Helena. The first Helena carries a skull. This
inscription beneath :
Carolus primogenitus Antonii Butler de Cotes juxta | Stowe
beatse Mariae armigeri duxit Douglassiam | Marmaduci Tirwhit
de Scotter armigeri tertiam fiham. | Obiit Aprilis xvii, MDcn,
annum agens xlh.
Another brass on the south wall of the chancel represents a man
in armour and a female in a ruff with hands clasped ; and between
them is a babe placed upright in swaddling clothes, and over it the
arms of Butler impaling — A saltier (Yorke). Over the Butler
arms is the Butler crest ; over those of Yorke a monkey's head
erazed. Above the shield is this legend in church text :
Non habemus hie manentem ciuitatem | sed futuram
inquirimus.
Under the baby is this inscription :
Priscilla unica | eorum proles | obiit infans.
And under the whole is this inscription :
Hie subtus requiescit Gulielmus Butler filius Antonii | Butler
de Cotes in comitatu Lincoln armigeri natu | secundus qui
duxit in uxorem Elizabetham Georgii | Yorke de Ashby in
Kesteven eiusdem comitatus | armigeri Filiam Qui quidem
Gulielmus immatura | morte praereptus obiit uicesimo octauo
die Aprilis | Anno domini 1590, et sue aetatis 26.
On an altar tomb on the north side of the chancel a brass of the
Butler arms, impaling — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, On a chief three
martlets [Wogan] ; 2nd and 3rd, Paly of six, on a fess gules
three mullets [? Meyrick]. This altar tomb is obviously the one
of Henry Hansard.
On a flat stone in the nave an inscription is thus far legible. It is
round the verge :
Hie simul humati jacent
Generosi prostrati
Hansard Henncus uxor [Joanna] Ricardw*
[Filius, et haeres eorum],
Cui detur Nardus.
[Caelicus] rex Jh'us quibus [sit] modo propitius. Amen.
In the south window of the nave is some painted glass of the Tirwhit
arms, and to the west of the mullion — Argent, a fleur de lis sable
[Fishbourne]. In one of the panes above is an ^. On the north
side of the nave in a window are the Butler arms.
COVENHAM ST BARTHOLOMEW 95
On a stone in the chancel an inscription (R) of which all that is
legible is as follows :
Hie quon[dam in orbe vivens] Hansard Henricus [humatur,
Armiger, anna gerens, honor sic cito superatur.
Uxores binas habens, Joanna Aliciaque] vocantur
Sub lapide [que latens, horum et] corpora in pace locantur.
There is a beautiful carved oak screen and over it a rood loft
quite perfect. The church consists of a nave and chancel, and
bell turret at the west end. There is a recess on the north side of
the nave which has held a tomb. It is altogether a very interesting
little building, and owes probably to its secluded situation the
preservation of its brasses and old flat stones. Not many years
ago I understand the windows were full of painted glass which
were wantonly shot at and broke by a resident at the farm.
[See also L.R.S. i, 145-6 ; Jeans, 19-20.]
(MS vii, 65-68.)
Cobenljam S>t JBartljolometo
Notes taken in the church of Covenham St Barth^,
24 August, 1835—
On a stone at the west end in the wall is an inscription to John
Wallis who died Dec^ 27, 1773, set. 73, and Mary his wife died
May 15, 1776, set. 76.
In the chest in the church are preserved the brasses^ which had
been taken from an old stone in the chancel, one is the brass figure
of a man in plate armour with his hands clasped before him, and
a lion at his feet, the other has this inscription in church text :
Hie iacet Joh'es Skypwyth armiger qui obiit xv die mensis |
Julii Anno D'ni Mill'imo ccccxv cujus a^nime propicietwr
dews. Amen.
This church consists of a nave, chancel, and south transept rather
small, with a wooden low tower at the intersection. In the chancel
is a stone (R) in which has been a figure and two shields now taken
out, and another smaller one similarly deprived. The font is
curious, though not nearly in such good preservation as in the
sister church. It is an octagon, having the representation of the
Trinity on one and the Virgin on another pannell, and in the other
the apostles in pairs, St Peter with his keys, St Andrew with his
saltier. The base is supported by four angels each holding a shield,
but the bearing effaced. There is a south porch and three bells.
[See also Lines. N. db Q. x, 205 ; Jeans, 21-2.]
(MS vi, 111-112.)
Note
^ These brasses are now affixed to a stone in the floor of the
chancel, which covers the grave of John Skipwith, 1415.
96 COVENHAM ST MARY
Cobenljam ^t jUlarp
Notes taken in the church, 24 August, 1835 — This is a handsome
church, though small. It consists of a nave and chancel, with an
embattled tower at the west end, and a south porch. The windows
are perpendicular and contain remains of painted glass. In one
is a turreted tower depicted. In the north wall of the chancel
is a cinqfoyled ogee arch, seemingly a tomb, but no figure is
remaining. In the south wall is a piscina in which it is said the
water rises in summer. The font is very beautiful and curious.
It is octagonal, supported on a fluted shaft and bearing the emblems
of the Crucifixion on shields. On one shield is a lantern (?). It is
ornamented round the lower edge with a border of strawberry leaves
very beautifully sculptured, and at the upper edge with the ball and
hollow moulding. It is altogether in very beautiful preservation.
A stone in the chancel has had an inscription and two shields in
brass now gone.
On another is cut :
Mccccxxxi cuius amme propicietur
deus
[See also Lines. N. & Q. x, 205.]
(MS vi, 113.)
Cobbit
Notes taken in the church, 6th August, 1835 — The church con-
sists of a nave and chancel, the former of brick only, and a tower
of stone, which is thatched, at y^ west end. The tower leans
slightly to the west as if the foundations had sunk. In it are a good
perpendicular door and window, and above the window is a
tabernacled niche from whence a statue has been removed. In
the chancel are four grotesque heads supporting the ribs of the
roof. On the south side of the altar is a piscina. In the vestry
is the fragment of a cross which appears to have been removed
from the churchyard.
On a flat stone in the chancel (D) :
To the memory | of | Mrs Elizabeth wife of | the Rev*^ Joseph
Mills, I who died Aug* 8th, 1763, \ ^tatis suae 25. | Also |
two of their sons who died | infants. | St John 5th, ver. 28-29. j
The hour is coming in the which all that | Are in the graves
shall hear his voice | And shall come forth.
Close inside the south porch is the fragment of an old stone (D)
which has once had an inscription roimd the edge in y* church
text. |B
[See also Lines. N. cfc Q. x, 206 ; Churches of Holland.] {H
(MS vi, 7-8.) ^
I
CROFT 97
Creeton
Notes taken in the church, 15 August, 1837 — This is a small
church consisting of a nave, chancel, a small south transept, and
a tower and spire of Early English character at y^ west end. The
general character of y® church is Norman. The arch separating
the nave from y« chancel is of that age and there is a curious south
door in y« same style. There has been formerly a north aisle as
appears from two Norman arches bricked up in y* wall. The
window of y® transept is lancet, and y« east window modem in
imitation. The arches in the wall have low plain columns. The
arch from y® nave to y^ tower is between Norman and Early English.
There are two bells. The font is octagonal on a round pillar. The
church contains no monumental inscription of any kind, but there
has been a brass plate in a stone now gone (D). In the churchyard
is the lid of a stone coflfin. The church is prettily situated on a
hill looking over the few houses that compose the village.
(MS ix, 95.)
Croft
Notes taken in the church, 21 July, 1834 — This is a handsome
church. It consists of a nave and aisles divided by five pointed
lofty arches resting on octagonal columns, a chancel, south porch,
and pinnacled tower at the west end. The chancel and east end
of the aisles are divided off by a very beautiful carved screen. The
pulpit is of carved oak, very handsome, bearing the date 1615,
and the inscription ' William Worship Doctor in Divinitie '. In
the nave is a brass eagle and stand for the lesson reading ; there
is a considerable quantity of antient pewing ; the font is octagonal
pannelled with shields in niches on a very large basement stone.
In the wall south of the altar is a plain piscina. On the door of
the south porch is this inscription in capitals outside, ' God
save the King 1633', inside ' Harbar : Newst Eade : Gorge
Whiting, church wardones '.
On the south-west buttress of the tower high up is this inscription
cut in capitals :
Mr John Person | And Richard | Corbett | churchwarde | ns,
Mr Everard | Deighton vicar | Ao D'ni 1656.
On the north side of the chancel is a very handsome monument
of marble. On an altar tomb under an arch is the figure of a
knight in haK armour, bare headed, with peaked beard, kneeling
before a desk, and his lady opposite to him in black gown with
leading strings, and at the top are these arms — Argent, three
martlets in pale sable between two flaunches of the last each
charged with a lion passant guardant of the field [Browne]. Crest
98 CROFT
— A griffin's head ermine between two wings sable. At the base
of the tomb are the sculptures of eight sons and seven daughters.
This inscription on a black slab in capitals over the heads of the
large figures :
Memorise sacrum | Heere lyeth Valentine Browne, knight, |
Sonne & heire to S^ Valentine Browne, | which was treasurer
and vitteler of | Barwicke, & dyed treasurer of Ireland | in
y^ Raigne of Queene Elizabeth. He mar | ried Elizabeth
Monson one of y® daughters | of S' John Monson of North
Charlton. They | lyved together 25 years & had yssue | 8
sonnes & 7 daughters, S' Valentine, John, [ Thomas, William,
Henery, Edmond, Antho | ny, & Robert, Elizabeth, Mary,
Jane, Ann, | Isbeth, Margaret, & Katharine. | Thys tombe
was erected by John Browne | second son to S' Valentine
Browne | at his own proper coste & charge.
A black tablet at the side of the monument bears this in common
character :
Prsedicat iste lapis quod tu moriare Viator | Qui subtus jacet
hie venere te docuit | Fortis erat prudens bene largus
Religiosus | Sic sibi sicque suis vixerat atque Deo | Cui lavs
et honor in aetemum.
On the eastern pillar on a similar tablet nearly illegible is this in
capitals :
All buildings are but monuments for Death,
All cloths but winding sheets for our last knell,
All daintes fattening for the worms beneath.
All curious musick but a passing bell.
Thus death is nobly waited on for why
All things we have is but Death's livery.
A monument apparently copied from the last, being exactly similar,
having the arms and crest of Browne above, and the two kneeling
figures with the inscription on a black slab :
Memorise sacrum. | Here lyeth Jo. Browne second sonne
of I S"" Valentine Browne, knt, & servant to | Kinge James
in his Privy Chamber who | had two wives, y® first was Cicely
Kirkman | one of y^ daughters & heires of WiUi | am Kirkman
of Easter Keale in the | covntie of Lincolne gent. She lived |
with him but 20 weekes, & dyed with | out issue, setatis 21,
1614. I The other wife was Francis Herbert j one of y® daughters
of Richard Herbert, | Esq., of Montgomery Castell, she lived
& I had issue by him [blank].
At the south east comer of the nave is a large monument of stone
flanked by two pillars, and surmounted by these arms — Sable a
fesse or [Bond]. Crest — A saracen's head in profile proper ; with
this motto — ' Plus splendet in Atro '. Below is a skull and the
CROWLAND 99
arms are repeated on the pillars and the frieze. The inscription is
in capitals :
Here lyeth Willyam Bonde gentlman | who dyed Anno
Dom. 1559 leaving two | sonnes Nicholas Doctor in Divinitie |
and George Doctor in Physicke, the i elder sonne who dyed
the ... I .... et etatis . . . And here is buryed, | which
in remembrance of his most kynd | father haith erected this
lytle moniment. | Bondus eram doctor medicus nunc
vermibus esca | Corpus terra tegit spiritus astra petit | Ardua
scrutando, cura, morbis, senioque | Vita molesta fuit mors
mihi grata quies.
On the floor at the entrance to the chancel is a large stone having
once had the brasses of two figures with inscription, and a smaller
one close by with one figure and inscription, all now gone.
A lozenge shaped canvas framed tablet (D) against the south wall
bears this inscription in capitals, the date is torn :
The Reverend | and learned D^ | William Wor- | ship, S.T.P.,
De- I ceased Dec. 24, | 1625.
On a brass plate in the floor below in capitals :
Here lyeth the body of Agnes Worship | a woman matchless
both for wisdom and | godlyness. She was the wyfe of
William | Worship, doctor of Divinitie, and | minister of
Croft, and departed this [ life the 6 daie of Maye Anno 1615.
At the east end of the south aisle is a large stone having in brass
the bust of a knight in hauberk and chaperon of mail with his
hands clasped ; two shields below now gone ; and an inscription
round almost effaced, and what is left illegible.
[See also Lines. N. <fe Q. xi, 232-5 ; Oldfield, Wainfleel, pp.
135-9; Jeans, 22.]
(MS iv, 247-252.)
Croblanb
Notes taken in the church, August 7, 1835 —
A black stone tablet against the south wall of the chancel :
Beneath | lieth Mary the | wife of Robert | Darby who
departed | this life January the 19th, | 1728-9, aged 30
years, | cujus animae propitietur | Deus. | She whose un-
blemished life a husband blessed | From cares & labour
here is come to rest | Chaste Love and tender Mother all thats
good I she daily shewed as well as understood | The poor
have lost a friend I a good wife | But she I trust hath gained
eternal life.
A painted tablet to the east of the last (R) :
Beneath | this stone lieth | interred the body of | Franc^
Cherrington | relict of \ William Cherrhigton 1 who died
100 CROWLAND
Aug : 1, 1787, | aged LX years. | Reader stay, it is but just i
Thou dost not tread on common dust | For underneath this
stone doth lie | One whose name can never die | Trace her
through all the series of Life j You'll find her free from envy
hate & strife.
Another painted tablet close by but on the east wall in capitals
(R):
Here lieth interred | the body of Mr James | Brown late of
Crow- I land who departed this life Octob'" y^ 25, 1684. And
he gave by | surrender for a | charitable use ele | ven acres of
land unto y® Poor | of Crowland for ever, | and did appoint
Mr James Hampson W™ | Maltby & William Antony feoffees |
in trust to dispose | of the rent year | ly upon St James [ his
day.
On a flat stone within the altar rails :
In memory of | Luke Cowley, gent., ] who departed this
life I October 18*^, 1723, | aged 84. | The same propitious
day which gave him birth | after a life well spent resumed his
breath. | In memory of Mary the | relict of Luke Cowley,
gent., I who departed this life | February the 15, 1730, |
aged 81.
A black stone south of the last in capitals :
The Rev<^ James Blundell, Rector | of this parish 25 years, |
died March 24, 1834, | aged 61. | James Whitsed Blundell |
died Jany 29, 1826, | aged 14. | Anne Radcliffe relict of | John
Radcliffe, gent., ] late of Athertone, Lancashire | died
April 2d 1821, I aged 72.
On an old stone partly hid under the altar rails :
re y® body of | John Baley | . . . . th who
died I ye 11, 1714, | ed 74 years | . . . .
XI monethes.
On a flat stone in the chancel :
Here | lie the remains of | the | Rev'^ Moor Scribo b.a. | rector
of this parish | 42 years, | who departed this life | July the
13tb, 1808, I in the 85th year | of his | age.
Another more to the west :
Under this stone | lies the body | of | Robert Lincoln, esq., j
who died Dec^ 28, 1810, | aged 55 years.
A grey marble monument with the inscription in a white oval,
surmounted by an urn :
Near | this place in a vault | lie the remains of William
Wyche ] who departed this life | Dec'" 7, 1807, aged 57 years. |
Spes in Deo. | William son of William & Abigail Wyche |
died Jany 28, 1810, aged 28 years. | Multis ille bonis flebilis
occidit. I Abigail Wyche relict of | William Wyche senior |
who departed this life | March 16, 1834, | aged 82 years.
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A grey and white marble monument surmounted with a sarcophagus
to the west of the last :
Sacred to the memory of | John Smith | who departed this
life I 19 Nov. 1826, | aged 52 years. | Also of Mary daughter
of I John & Mary Smith | who departed this life | 13 January
1824, I aged 21 years.
To the west of the last is a white and veined marble monument
with a cherub over :
In memory of | Mary the wife of | Zachariah Fovargue | who
departed this life 20 Feb^ | 1763, aged 39 years. | To the
memory of | Zachariah Fovargue | who departed this life
ye 2ist (Jay of I June 1778, aged 69 years, | Also Zachariah
their son aged 18 months.
A painted stone tablet more to the west :
In memory | of | Martha relict of | Zach. Fovargue who
departed this life j April y* 27, 1792, | aged 58 years.
A wooden tablet against the north wall of the nave :
Beneath this place six | foot in length against y* Clarks | pew
lyeth ye body of M^ | Ab™ Baly. He died ye 3^ of Jan. | 1704.
Also y^ body of Mary his | widow, she dyed y^ 21 of May
1705. I Also ye body of Abr°i son of y® | s<^ Ab™ & Mary:
He died y^ 13 Jan. | 1704. | Also 2 w^b dyed in there | enfantry
[sic]. Mans life is like | unto a winter's day. Some brake |
there fast & so departs away. | Others stay dinner then
departs full | fed. The longest age but supps & | goes to
bed. O Reader then behold | & see as wee are now, so you
must be. | 1706.
On a stone tablet against the north wall at the west end :
To ye memory of | Anne ye wife of John Crawford, esq., |
who was buried Sept ye 6, 1731. | Also Jn Crawford, esq., |
who was buried April 9, 1762, aged 75 years, j and Jennet
ye wife of Hugh Crawford, m.d. | Also Ch^ Crawford | son
of the said John & Anne Crawford | who was buried Jan^
ye 12, 1778, aged 60 years, | and Hugh Cra\\^ord, m.d., | son
of the above Jn^ and | Ann Crawford, died Sept. ye 27, 1788,|
aged 72 years. | Also M^s Margaret the second | wife to the
above D^ Hugh Crawford, | died Feb. ye 1, 1801, aged
76 years.
On a black flat stone in the nave :
In memory of | Susannah the | wife of Robert Sharpe, gent., |
who departed ] this life the 2*^ | day of February | Anno Dom.
1724, I aged 56.
On another stone more to the west :
Sacred | to the memory of | Step. Cherrington, gent., | late of
Postland, | departed this life Feb. 5, | 1826, | aged 72 years.
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A small brass plate against the north wall :
Beneath are interred the remains of | Joseph Bothway | who
died July 12, 1812, | aged 70 years. | Also Mary & Catherine
his daughters who | died infants.
In the space under the tower are stones to the memory of the
Hurry's, Knighton's, Harrison's, Cowling & Robartts.
Over the inner door of the porch of the tower, outside, is a wooden
tablet with the following inscription painted on it in some parts
very faintly :
William Hill sexton 32 | years, lost his
sight by walking in snow when 40 | years of age, & yet he
acquir'i all the facili- | ties of those who meet this malady
in youth. | His acuteness almost superseded this loss, since |
he could walk in and about the town, & could | go in the
churchyard and find each & every | grave he was desired
to point out. He died | Jan^ 27, 1792, aged 65 | years. |
Deus nobis haec otia fecit. | To record his singular faculties &
their esteem | The parishioners erected this tablet in 1818.
[See also Churches of Holland ; G.M., 1796, part ii, 920-1 ; 1829,
part i, 209; 1841, parti, 604.]
(MS V, 221-231.)
Beeping ^t James;
Notes taken in the church, 21 July, 1831 — This church has been
lately repewed and floored. The pews are neat and adorned with
tracery work. The pew belonging to Mr Pawlett has the arms of
Sir Thomas Whichcote on small shields round the pew, viz. —
Ermine, two boars passant [gules] ; on an inescucheon — the arms
of Ulster. The pew of Mrs Greaves has his arms in the same
manner. The font has been moved from its original situation
under which there was a well of water.
On a black marble tablet against the wall at the east end of the
south aisle with an um over and a cherubim under :
Near this place | lieth interred the body of Jane | the wife
of y^ Rev^ David Walker, | clerk, vicar of Baston & curate |
of this parish, daughter & only child | of Thos & Sarah
Bailley of this | parish, whose ingenuous mind, gentle |
manners, religious disposition, | filial piety & conjugal aflec-
tion, I rendered her the delight of her | parents, the joy of
her husband, & | a pattern for all, she lived much | respected
& died greatly & deservedly | lamented May the 22^^, 1752, j
aged 21 years.
On a black tablet, close by the south door, of marble :
Near this place | are deposited the remains j of Samuel Sharpe.
gent., I late of this parish, | who departed this life in peace |
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the 5**1 day of October, | in the 64 year of his age, | Ann.
Dom. 1765. | With him expired a sincere friend, | a desirable
companion, and an honest man.
On a black and white stone tablet over the south door :
Near this place lie the remains | of William Buck | who died
March 29, 1778, | aged 59 years, | Anne his wife who died
June P*, I 1768, aged 33 years, | Thomas their son who
died I June 21, 1780, aged 21 | years.
In the vestry room is a stone tablet, the upper part of which is
hidden by the ceiling ; what is visible is (D) :
Also Mary his wife died | June the 3^'^, 1800, | aged 60 years.
On a handsome grey marble pyramidal monument against the wall
at the west end of the north aisle, with an urn above and these
arms under— Azure, an estoile or [Hogard] ; impaled with —
Argent, on a bend gules three boars' heads of the first. Crest — A
boar's head argent. The inscription is on white marble in two
compartments :
(1) Sacred to the memory of | John Deanes Hogard Esq. |
who departed this life June 9*^, 1798, | aged 45 years. | He
was one of his Majesty's | Deputy Lieutenants for the | County
of Lincoln, also a Lieutenant | in a troop of Cavalry, | raised
by the Hundred of Ness, | in defence of monarchy and for j
the protection of property. | His mind was adorned with
much I useful knowledge & in him shone | with peculiar
brightness the valuable | qualities of hospitality, generosity |
and integrity. | His widow, Susanna Hogard, sensible | of his
merit and out of pure conjugal | affection, has caused this
monument | to be erected to his memory.
(2) Also to the memory | of Thomas Hogard, gent., | who
died May the 31^*, 1794, | aged 77 years. | Also of Ann his
wife I who died April the 27th, 1785, | aged 69 years, | father &
mother of the | said John Deanes Hogard, Esq. | Also of
Sarah Hogard former wife | of John Deanes Hogard, Esq., |
who died January the 16, 1790, | aged 32 years. | Also of
Thomas Hogard his | brother, who died April 2211^, 1782, |
aged 32 years, | and of Ann Sharp | his grandmother, | who
died March 4*^, 1774, | aged 86 years, | Also of Ehzabeth
Kingston | his aunt, who died January the 7*^^ 1785, | aged
54 years.
Below this monument on the floor are these stones (D) :
Here lieth interred | the body of | Mr Thomas Hogard | who
departed this life | April the 22nd, 1782, | aged xxxii years.
On another more to the eastward :
Here lieth the body of | Mrs Elizabeth Kingston | wife of
Mr Edward Kingston, | and preceding him the wife of | Mr
104 DEEPING ST JAMES
Henry Hogard. | She departed this life | January the 7th,
1785, aged 54 years.
On another to the eastward of the preceding :
John Deanes Hogard | died June 9th, 1798, | aged 45.
In the chancel are these grave stones :
Beneath this stone lie interred | the remains | of Ann relict
of I John Pawlett | who departed this life | August y® 26th,
1798, I aged 61 years.
On another stone with these arms cut above — Per fess crenelle
.... and .... in chief a dove rising, in base a fleur de
lis ... . [for Mason] :
In memory of | Thomas Mason, gent., | who died March 27th, |
1765, j aged 75.
On another stone :
Here's | buried the remains of | John Pawlett, | who died
Nov. 27th, 1786, | aged 50. | Also John son of y^ said | John &
Ann his wife, | who died in his | infancy.
On another stone :
Here lieth the body of | Ann wife of | John Pawlett | who
departed this life | February y^ 18, | 1777, | in the 60 year of
her I age.
On another stone :
In memory of | Joseph Fairchild | who died | May y^ 27,
1802, I aged 64 years.
On another stone :
Near this place lieth | the | remains of | Samuel Pawlett
who died | June y^ 24th, 1782, | aged 28 years.
On another stone :
In memory of | John Fairchild | who died | June 3^ 17, 1812, |
aged 17 years.
On another grave stone :
In memory of | Fra^ Fairchild | who died | March y*' 10th,
1794, I in the | 25th year of his age.
The living of Deeping St James is in the gift of Sir Thomas
Whichcote, Bart., and the incumbent is the Rev*^ [Christopher]
Whichcote.
Close by the south wall of the chancel, under some tracery work
on a raised slab, is the figure of a knight cut in stone, but it is so
much effaced that nothing can be discovered but the rude shape of
the figure.
[See also L.R.8. i, 198.]
(MS i, 5-12.)
MARKET DEEPING 105
iJlarfeet keeping
Notes taken in the church, 25 July, 1831 —
On a black marble tablet against the south wall of the chancel,
with an um above, this inscription on grey marble :
To the memory | of William Bailey, Esq., j who died February
1st, 1812, I aged 87 years.
On a handsome black and grey pyramidal monument against the
north wall of the chancel, with these arms above — Gules, on a
bend ermine three fleur de lis sable ; impaling — Azure, a cinquefoil
ermine within a bordure engrailed or [Ashley] ; and this inscription
on white marble :
In memory of | the Rev*' Andrew Borradale and Frances
his wife, | after an education in the Charter House | and at
Jesus College in Cambridge | where he took the degree of
M.A. He was made a | Lieutenant of the Dragoons by the
Duke of Marlborough | in the year 1706 ; he married the
daughter of | Colonel Jacob Ashley of the County of Norfolk, |
soon after which he quitted the army, | entered into holy
orders & became rector of this place, | where he constantly
resided for the space of 42 years, | and for a long time acted
as one of his | Majesty's Justices of the Peace. | He had issue
by her 14 children, | of whom four only survived him. | He
died March the 23, 1752, aged 68 years, | and lies interred
in a vault below with Frances his wife | who died March the
3rd, 1741, aged 60 years. | As a testimony of his duty &
gratitude their youngest son | Captain Jacob Borradale
caused this monument to be erected.
On a flat stone (R) in the chancel with these arms cut above — an
escutcheon within an orle of martlets [for Maydwell] ; impaling —
.... on a chevron between three martlets ... as many fleur
de lis [? Massingham] :
In memory of | the Rev** Lawrence Maydwell, a.b., | 36 years
Rector of this parish, | who died the 14 of March 1788, | aged
68 years, | also of | Katharine Maydwell his mother | who
died the 28 of December 1762, | aged 76 years.
On a flat stone to the north of the last (D) :
In memory of | the Rev^ James Bradfute, m.a., | curate of
this parish, | who died June y® 18, 1789, | aged 76 years.
On another flat stone (R) more to the north :
Beneath | are deposited the mortal remains of | the Rev*'
Joseph Monkhouse, | upwards of 28 years rector of this
parish, | who died | the 4th of September 1828, | in the 66th
year of his age, | also | Elizabeth his wife | who died | the
12th of April 1816, | in the 63rd year of her age. | The memory
of the just is blessed.
106 MARKET DEEPING
On a flat stone (R) to the east of the above :
In I memory of | Anna Maria Maydwell, | widow and relict
of I the Rev^J Lawrence Maydwell, | who died Sept. 24th,
1803, I aged 82 years.
To the south of the above on a flat stone (R) :
In I memory of | Eleanor Maydwell | eldest daughter of | the
Rev^ Lawrence Maydwell | and Anna Maria his wife | who
died Sepf 20, 1803, | aged 55 years.
To the south of the above on a flat stone (R) :
In I memory of | Anna Maria Maydwell | youngest daughter
of the Rev<^ | Lawrence Maydwell | & Anna Maria his wife, ]
who died April 5th, 1817, | aged 62 years.
On a flat stone (D) to the west of that to the Rev^ J. Bradfute :
Here | lieth the body of | Frances wife of | Charles Hardwick, |
who died j June 7th, 1815, | aged 49 years.
To the west of the above :
Here | lieth the body of | Charles Hardwick, | who died |
August 8th, 1807, aged 49 years.
On a flat stone in the south aisle (D) :
M.S. I A.L. I the wife of Robert | Laxton, clerke, ] was here
interred | Aug. 25, | 1671. | In memory of [ Anne wife of
George | Featherstone departed | July the 3rd, 1729, | aged j
70 years.
To the south of the above on a flat stone (D) :
Here lyeth the body | of George Feather- | stone who
departed | this life the Uth day ] of May 1721, aged 68 ]
years.
On a flat stone in the nave (D) :
In memory of | Seth Smith | who died March 12, 1830, |
aged 60 years.
To the west of the last (D) :
In memory | of Mary relict of the j said Seth Smith | who
died I May the 7th, 1802, | aged 71 years.
On another flat stone more to the west (D) :
In memory of | Seth Smith | who died | September 21, 1795, |
aged 64 years.
To the west of the last on a flat stone (D) :
Here lies | the remains of | Thomas Hall | who departed
this life I February 22, 1788, | aged 77 years, | also of | Mary
his wife j who departed this life | April 21, 1785, | aged 72
years.
On a flat stone by the entrance of the tower (D) :
Katherine | the daughter of | John & Elizabeth Clifton | died
in her infancy | August the 27, | 1810.
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On a flat stone by the vestry room (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Henrj' Butler | who died June
ye 27, 1801, | aged 77 years.
[In the south porch, a plain mural tablet :
Hester the wife | of George Gibson | daughter of y® Rev^ |
Mr Walter Barnes | died NoV 5, 1751, | aged 49. | Virtutis
Amatrix.]
On a flat stone near the font (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Henry Butler | who departed
this life I Dec. 21, 1826. | aged 66 years.
On a flat stone by the south gallery stairs :
Here | lies the remains | of Mary wife of | John Gibbs, | who
departed this life | the 25th day of January | 1791, | aged
39 I years.
On a black stone tablet against the w^all at the east end of the
south gallery (R) :
In the memory of | William Goodale | who died April y* 9,
1716, I aged 110. At the age of 50 he | married Hannah
his wife who | was then 25 years of age ; & had issue | by
her 15 children. At his death | (having been married 60
years) his | youngest son was 30 years of age. | Also of Hannah
his widow | who died April y^ 21st, 1723, | aged 92.
[See also L.R.S. i, 197.]
(MS i, 13-22.)
Mesit Beeping
Notes taken in the church, [blank] August, 1831 —
On a handsome marble monument, against the wall of the south
aisle to the east of the porch, with these arms above — Quarterly
Ist and 4th : Per bend crenellee argent and gules ; 2nd and 3rd :
Gules, a fox salient argent. Crest — On a torce, a stork proper
[for Figg] :
Near this place lie interred ] the remains of | Frances wife
of I Richard Figg, gent., | who departed this life June 29,
1762, I aged 32 years. | Also to the memory of | Richard
Figg, gent., | who died Sept. 6, 1785, | aged 64 years. | Also
of Mary their daughter who died | in her infancy. | As a
testimony of respect this | monument was erected by | Richard
Figg their grandson | Anno Domini 1809 j and re-erected by
Mary Figg | his widow in the year 1819.
On a handsome marble pyramidal monument against the wall of
the south aisle, to t^he west of the porch, with a large uni and a
lozenge of arms — Gules, a fox salient argent. Crest — on a torce
a stork proper :
To the memory of | Mary the wife and afterwards the widow
of I John Figg, gent., | formerly of this village. | and daughter
108 WEST DEEPING
of I Thomas and Frances Bate | of Ailsworth, Northampton-
shire, I who departed this Ufe the 20th of November 1827, |
aged 76 years.
On a handsome marble monument at the west end of the south
aisle with the arms of Figg above :
Sacred to the memory of | John Figg, gent., | who died
September 27, 1792, | aged 45 years. | Also of John Figg,
gent., the son of | John and Mary Bate Figg, | who died
May 21, 1812, | aged 38 years. | Also of Richard the son
of I Richard and Mary Figg | who died May the 22nd, 1813, |
in his infancy. | Also of John the son of | John and Mary
Figg I who died November 15, 1813, | aged 8 years. |
Also of Richard Figg, gent., the son | of John and Mary
Bate Figg, | who died August 26, 1816, | aged 45 years. |
Erected by Mrs Mary Bate Figg 1813.
On a very handsome marble monument against the wall of the
south aisle, with the arms of Figg above :
Near this place lye the remains | of Richard Figg, gent., |
who died Dec. 6, 1729, aged 84 years, | Anne his wife who
died March 22nd, | 1714, aged 62 years, | Richard their son
who died May 18, | 1718, aged 23 years, | William their son
who died April 3, | 1736, aged 45 years, | John their son
who died February 14, | 1732, aged 52 years, ] Mary widow
of the said Will™ Figg | who died June 11, 1769, aged 77 years, |
and four sons of the said Will"^ & Mary | who died in their
infancy. | This monument was erected by | Richard Figg
only surviving son | of the said Will™ and Mary out of | pity
and affection to the best of ] parents.
On a neat marble tablet at the east end of the south aisle, with the
crest of Figg over :
Sacred | to the memory of | Mary the wife of | John Figg |
who died May 31, 1819, | aged 42 years.
On a flat stone below the monument of Richard and Anne Figg :
Here lies interred the remains of | Rich. Figg, gent., | who
died I September y^ 6th, 1785, | aged 64 years.
On a flat stone close by the south porch (D) :
Here lie ] the remains of Frances | daughter of John & Sarah
Lowe, I wife of Richard Figg, | gent., who died June 29,
1762, I aged 32 years, | Also of | John Figg, gent., | who died
Sept. 27, 1792, | aged 45 years. | Also of | Mary wife of | John
Figg, gent., | and daughter of Thomas and Fiances Bate | of
Ailsworth, Northamptonshire, | who died Nov. 20, 1827, |
aged 76 years.
On another more to the north (D) :
Here lie | the remains of Sarah Lowe relict of | John Lowe |
late of Bourne in this county. | They left issue only one
J
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daughter [viz.] | Frances wife of Richard Figg. | The said
[Sarah] deceased Aug^t U, 1757, | aged 77 years. | Also |
Mary daughter of | the said Richard & Frances Figg | who
died August 29, 1757, | in her infancy.
On another more to the west (D) :
John Figg, gent., | son of John & Mary Bate Figg, ] died
May 21, 1812, | John son of | John & Mary Figg | died NoV
15, 1813, I Mary wife of the above | John Figg, gent., | died
May 31, 1819.
On a flat stone in the nave (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Rich'^ Figg | the son of Rich**
and Mary Figg | who died | in his infancy | May 22, 1813.
On another more to the north (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Rich*^ Figg, gent., son of John
& Mary Bate Figg | who died Aug^t 26, 1818, | aged 45 years. |
Farewell, vain world, as thou hast been to me | Dust and a
shadow, these I leave with thee. | The unseen vital substance
I commit | To him thats Substance Life Light Love to it. |
The leaves and fruits are drop'd for soil and seed | Heaven's
heir to generate heat and feed. | Then also thou wilt flatter
and molest, | But shall not keep from everlasting rest.
On another flat stone (R) in the nave partly hid by a pew :
In memory of Alice the wife of | Joseph Wilford [ and daughter
of I Thomas and Sarah Dove | who died February 21, 1821, |
aged 29 years. | Also of | Sarah the daughter of | Josh. &
Alice Wilford | who died April 5th, 1821, | aged 5 months.
On another more to the north (R) :
Sacred | to the memory of | James son of ] James and Alice
Haynes | who died Sepf 8, 1789, | aged 21 years. | 'Tis time
dear parents that you cease to mourn | For me whose breath
will never more return. | Oh think what agony my sickness
gave, I Nor greave to lay me in the silent grave | For now I
dwell in heavenly |
On a grave stone in the north aisle :
In I memory of | James Haynes | who died Nov^. 1, 1801, |
aged 63 years, j In memory of | Alice wife of | James Haynes |
who died Sepf 18, 1813, | aged 78 years.
On another to the south of the above :
Here's | buried the remains of | Nicholas Munro | who died ]
April ye 26, 1787, aged j 76 years | Sarah his wife | who died
Ocf 12, 1774, I aged 74 | years.
On another flat stone to the east of the last :
Sarah daughter of | Tho^ and Frances Dove | died Sepf 22*^.
1793, 1 aged 9 years. [ Mary their daughter | died in her
infancy.
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On a flat stone in the nave (D) :
Here | lieth the remains | of Alice the wife of | Robert White |
who departed | this life | the 23'"^ day of December | 1773, | in
the 81 year of her | age.
On another to the west of the former (D) :
Here lieth interred the body | of | Robert White | who departed
this life I Augt y^ 15th, 1792 | in the 88 year | of his age.
On a flat stone in the chancel (D) :
Here lieth the body | of John Allin who | departed this life |
July the 8th, 1739, | aged 47 years. | Think on Death.
On another within the Communion rails (D) :
Here lie the remains | of Richard Austin, | clerk, who was
rector of | this parish 38 years. | He departed this life July
the I 9th, 1741, in the 68th year | of his age.
On another to the south of the last, very much effaced (D) :
Here lieth Benjamin | son of Mr Benjamin | Cuthbert and
Elizabeth j his wife who died Jan. | y® 17, 1690. | Also Benj.
there | older son died in .... t ... | 1700.
[At the west end of the north aisle (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Mary wife of | John Figg | who
died May 31st, 1819, | aged 42 years.]
The font of this church is curious. It is an octagon, with a
shield of arms on each front — On the 1st, . . . , two bars
in chief . . . three roundles . . . [Wake] ; the 2nd seems
to be — , a fesse lozengy .... and .... between five
fleur de lis .... ; the 3rd — . . . , three chevronnels . . . . ;
the 4th — . . . . , a fesse . . . ; the 5th — , a fesse
between five crosses . . . ; the 6th — ; the 7th — Verrey
. . . . ; the 8th — Checquey .... and ....
[See also L.R.S. i, 198 ; G.M., 1862, ii, 739.]
(MS i, 33-44.)
Notes taken in the church, 11 July, 1834 — This church is small
and of no beauty. It consists merely of a nave and chancel, with
a bell turret of wood at the west end. The arch between the nave
and chancel is Norman, of which character is the font, which is
square and small on a tall column. The windows are all modem
but the east one which is decorated and of two lights. The house
of the Pell family is said to have stood close by the church yard,
and is now pulled down, and a small farm house, built seemingly
of the materials, is inhabited by Mr .... Cox. It is a rectory
and the incumbent is the Rev^ John Neville Calcraft of Hayseby
q
DEMBLEBY HI
On a flat stone within the altar rails in capitals, much rubbed :
Here | lyeth the body | of Richard Pell, esq., | who | departed
this life I Novemb'" the 27, | Anno Domini 1690, | aetat.
suae 45(?).
On another more to the north also in capitals :
Here lyeth the body of | Anne Pell relict of | Henry Pell,
esq., I who departed this life | the sixteenth day of | Sept.
Anno Dom. 1733, | aetatis suae 67.
Another more to the north in capitals :
Here lyeth the body of | Henry Pell, esq., | who departed
this life I September the 27, 1730, | aged 60 years.
More to the north :
In memory of | Katherine the wife | of John Buckworth, |
citizen and linnen draper ] of London, daughter of ] Henry
Pell, esq., of this | Parish, and one of the three | sisters and
remaining | coheiresses of that most | antient and worthy
familj^ I who departed this life | the 30 day of April, in the |
33 year of her age, | Annoque Domini 1742.
On a flat stone in the chancel :
In memory of | Elizabeth Pell | daughter of Henry Pell, esq., |
late of this parish, and one of the | three sisters and remaining |
coheiresses of that most ancient | and worthy family, I who
departed this life the 30 day of | October 1767, in the 71
year of her age. | Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, |
Call ye upon him while he is near.
Another more to the north in capitals, much rubbed :
Here resteth in hopes of | a joyful Resurrection y® | body of
y® Rever*^ M Richard | Moore, late minister of the | Gosple
in this parish, | who departed this life | Janu. y« 8, Anno
Dom. 1715 I setatis suae 77. | Also Mary his wife and |
three of their children | who died infants.
More to the north in capitals, rubbed :
Here lyeth y® body of | Jane daughter of | Anthony Boryton
esq., I and Elizabeth his wife | who departed this life | Feb>'
ye 7, 1735, aged 33.
Upon the three steps to the reading desk is this inscription in
capitals ; but they have been taken up and put down in no
order :
Mrs Margaret Pell, | daughter of | Richard Pell sq . . . | and
Jane his wife, | who dyed | Sept. y® 18, 1671, | aetatis 15, |
lyeth here | interred.
On a flat stone in the nave in capitals :
Richard Pell | son of \ Henry Pell, esq., | and Aime his wife, |
dyed ] an infant | Sept. 5, 1699.
112 DEMBLEBY
On another stone to the west of the last, with this inscription in
capitals in double lines round the stone, partly hid by a pew :
Here lyeth the hard Pell, esq., and Elizabeth
his wife, who departed this life the 9th day of September
Anno D'ni 1662.
(MS V, 3-8.)
Bontngton in ^oUanb
Notes taken in the church of Donington, 4 August, 1834 — This
is a handsome church. It consists of a nave divided from its aisles
by seven narrow pointed arches rising from octagonal pillars, a
chancel entered by a fine pointed arch, the head of which is blocked
up, and a tower and spire at the south side, lofty and handsome.
The east and west windows are similar, Decorated with five lights.
There is a gallery running along the north aisle, appropriated to
the partakers of M^ Cowley's charity, as appears by an inscription
thereon. In the wall north of the altar is a niche with four steps
in it, for what purpose it is not easy to conjecture. In the opposite
south wall is a piscina. By the easternmost window of the north
aisle is a small female figure in relief, in an attitude of prayer. The
font is octagonal, adorned with arches and columns of the Early
English style ; it stands in the south-west corner of the church.
Against the north wall of the chancel is a neat white marble tablet
surmounted by an urn, with this inscription in capitals :
In memory of | Captain Mathew Flinders, r.n., | who died
July 19, 1814, I aged 40 years, | after having twice circum-
navigated the globe, he was | sent by the Admiralty in the
year 1801 to make | discoveries on the Coast of Terra
Australis. | Returning from this voyage, he suffered ship-
wreck, I and by the injustice of the French Government ]
was imprisoned six years in the | Island of Mauritius. | In
1810 he was restored to his native land, and not | long after
was attacked by an excruciating disease, | the anguish of
which he bore until death | with undeviating fortitude. | His
country will long regret the loss of one whose | exertions in
her cause were only equalled by | his perseverance, | but
his family will more deeply feel the | irreparable deprivation. |
They do not merely lament a man of superior intellect, | they
mourn an affectionate husband, | a tender father, a kind
brother, | and a faithful friend.
At the bottom is a bas relief of a ship in full sail.
A tablet against the wall above the last :
In memory of | M^ John Flinders, | Farmer & Grazier, |
formerly of Ruddington near Nottingham, | but afterwards
of this parish, | who died April the 13, 1741, | aged 59
years.
DONINGTON IN HOLLAND 113
A similar tablet to the west of the larger one :
In memory of | M'" John Flinders, Surgeon, | of this parish, \
who died December the 26, 1776, | aged 63 years.
Another to the east of the monument :
In memory of | M^ Mathew Flinders, Surgeon, | of this
parish, | a man of exemplary life, | amiable manners and
superior abilities. | He died May the 1, 1802, | aged 52
years.
A small round tablet against the south wall of the chancel (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Hannah Charlotte wife of | the
Rev^J John Wilson, | who died April xxviii, mdcccix, | aged
XLii years. | She was a humble yet firm believer | in Jesus. |
From him she received such talents | as rendered her life j
honorable, exemplary and useful. | In Him she rejoiced as
her strength | and portion while living, | and when dying
she triumphed | through Him | over her last enemy.
On a flat blue stone in the chancel :
Here lyeth the body of | Jane the wife of M^ John Cole | who
departed this life the 22 | day of Oct^" 1741, | aged 25
years.
Another more to the west (D) :
In memory of | M^" John Cole who departed | this life the 13
day of January | 1735, aged xlv years. | Also Mary his wife
who died the | 22 day of July 1736, aged 37 | years.
On another still more to the west :
Hie jacet ] Thomas Pooles | agri Lincoln indigena et incola |
cohortiumque civicarum | ibidem per annos 55 | E Ducibus j
qui satur dierum | huic maligno valedixit mundo | quinto
die mensis Novembris | Anno D'ni mdccxvi, j aetat. suae
xcvm. I In cujus memoriam | hoc qualecunque | gratae
mentis iJivrnxoa-vvov \ maerens posuit | consanguineus ejus et
haeres ] institutus | Johannes Belgrave.
On another stone to the north :
Here lyeth the body | of M^s Anne Barnes | who died in the
year | 1693.
A neat white and grey marble pyramidal monument against the
wall at the south east comer of the nave in capitals :
In I memory of | Mary Holland | who died August 16, |
1836, aged 25 years. | Also 5 children who died | in their
infancy.
Between two of the clerestory windows on the north side of the
nave is a white marble monument (R.), bearing this inscription in
capitals :
Sacred | to the memory of | Ann the wife of | Jonathan
Gleed ] who died 27 October 1813, | aged lxxi ; | Also Thomas
114 DONTNGTON IN HOLLAND
Amall Gleed | their eldest son ] who died 13 February 1814, |
aged XXXIX ; | Also Jonathan Gleed, gent., | who died 17
March 1820, j aged lxxii.
On a stone set up against the last pillar of the nave westward :
In memoriam | Johannis Poole | Generosus [sic] \ obiit Maii
29°, I Anno Domini 1722, | setatis suae 31.
A stone monument against the wall at the west end of the nave :
This is I in memory of | Mary the beloved wife of ] M^ Robert
Long who departed | this life the 29 day of Jan^ 1716, | in
the 31 year of her age. ] A wife most faithfull, virtuous, and
fair, I A mother tender of nine children dear. | This also is in
memory of Robert, Mary, | Penelope, Miles, and Elizabeth
Long, five of | their children who died in their infancy. | Such
innocence no doubt is ever blest | In Heaven their souls, in
earth their bodies rest.
A stone tablet against the wall of the south aisle :
The remains of | Antony Birks, | author of | Arithmetical
Collections | and Improvements, | were interred j near this
place I Sept. 9, 1769, | in the 68 year | of his age. | The remains
of Elizabeth Birks, | relict of the above M^" Anthony Birks, |
were interred near this place | Nov. 11, 1774, | in the 75 year j
of her age.
At the west end of the nave is a flat stone which has had once a
brass of inscription, but it is now gone.
On a flat blue stone in the nave :
Here lieth the body of | Thomas Cowley, gentleman, | interred
the 17 day of July 1721, | aged 96.
On another blue stone more to the east :
Here lie the remains of | M^s Jane Wetherall, | whose friend-
ship was steady & sincere, | her charity private yet diffusive, |
her conversation easy and agreable, | and | as she lived
respected, so she died lamented | by her acquaintance, j
October 23, 1753, | aged 39.
Another stone to the east of the last with these arms cut over —
. . . . , a stag at gaze . . . within a double tressure flory ....
Crest — An escallop . . . [for Ward] :
Sacred | to the memory of | John Ward, gent., | Attorney
at Law, of | this town many years, | who departed this life |
December 31, 1773, | in the 62 year of his age, ] eminently
conspicuous in his profession.
To the east of this last is a large stone which has once had in brass
the figure of a man between his two wives, and an inscription below,
the whole is now gone.
DOWSBY 115
On another blue stone still more to the east in capitals :
John Holland | died December | the 28, 1791, | aged xxx
years. | Also | Mary relict of | John Holland | died November |
the 10, 1807, I aged xlii years. | Also | Biddy daughter of |
John and Mary Holland | died February | the 1, 1811, | aged
XXIII years.
[See also L.R.S. i, 171 ; Churches o/ Hollx7id.]
(MS V, 143-154.)
Notes taken in the church, 27 July, 1833 —
On a white marble tablet south of the chancel with these arms
under — Or, a saltier gules between four leaves vert, on a chief azure
a lions head erased between two battle axes. Crest — An arm
grasping a branch [Burrell] :
Of the family of the | Burrells | formerly proprietors of this |
parish | are deposited in the adjoining school ] the remains
of I Richard, | Redmajme, | John, | Elizabeth, | Thomas, ]
William, | Thomas, | Redma3nie.
On a fiat stone :
Here lieth the body of Sarah the daughter of | Humfrey
Hyde, clerk, | and Mary his wife, who | departed this life
January | the 16, 1740, who died an | infant.
Two white marble tablets on a black slab against the north wall
of the chancel. Arms over — Gules, a saltier or between four
bezants, a chief ermine [Hyde] :
In I memory of | the Rev^ j Humphrey Hyde, | late rector
of this place | & vicar of Bourne in this | county, | died
January 18, 1807, | aged 70 years.
In I memory of | Mary Hyde, | sister | of the said Humphrey, |
who died February 2^, 1811, | aged 73 | years.
They both lie interred in the chancel of this church.
A flat stone in the chancel :
In memory of | the Rev^ | Humphrey Hyde, j rector of this
place I and vicar of Bourn in this \ county, | died January
18tb, 1807, I aged 70.
The church consists of a nave and aisles separated by three
pointed arches with clustered columns, a chancel, and north aisle
used as a school, and a tower at the west end. Under an arch in
the south wall of the chancel, on a raised slab, is the recumbent
figure of a woman in a long robe and coif with her hands clasped
over her breast. This, according to Holies, was Etheh'ed wife of
Sr Will. Rigdon.
[See also L.R.S. i, 192-3 ; Jeans, 22-3.]
(MS ii, 217-219.)
116 DUNHOLME
Buni)olme
Notes taken in the church, 5 August, 1833 —
An old marble monument against the south wall of the chancel
about twenty feet high. Between two pillars an aged man in a
gown, and with pointed beard, is kneeling at a faldstool on which
is a book. Over the pediment are three coats of arms placed one
above the other, the highest is — Ermine, a griffin segreant gules
[Grantham] ; impaling — Per saltier or and azure, on a fesse sable
three crescents argent. The 2nd shield — Grantham, impaling —
Argent, a lion rampant, crowned, double queue gules [St Paul]. The
3rd shield — Quarterly of four, 1st, Grantham ; 2nd, Gules, an estoile
above a crescent or [Tooke] ; 3rd, Argent, two bars azure [Hilton] ;
4th, Argent a chevron between two crescents in chief, and a
crosslet fiche in base or [Gegge]. Crest — A lion's head crazed.
Underneath this motto : As God shall gravnt qo*^ Grav?ith'. The
inscription is behind the figure on a black slab :
Robert Grauntham of the Blacke | Movwckes near the citie
of Lincolwe, | esquier, sowne of Hvghe Gravn- | tham, esquier,
was borne at this | Dunham the 17 day of August a° | dom.
1541, caused this monument to be | erected to the memori
of this famili, | humbly commended his soule to God | and his
bodie to be buried here & | died the . . . (No date of death,
but the figures ' 19 ' have been cut obviously since.) [Robert
was buried 19 January, 1617-18.]
There is an old stone in the chancel which has had an inscription
round the rim, all now effaced except the words "die Augusti " (D).
A neat white marble monument against the north wall of the
chancel in capitals :
To the memory of | Mary the wife of Thomas Carr who died |
on the 2d Feb^ 1830, aged twenty five years. | Her remains
were interred in the vault | of St Mary Abbott's church at |
Kensington near London, in Niche no. 16. | As a tender
memorial of her ] endearing disposition and unaffected | piety,
this monument is erected | by her affectionate husband. |
Thomas Borrell Carr the infant son of | Thomas and Mary Carr
died I aged 3 months, and was buried in the | adjoining church
yard.
A flat stone within the altar rails (D) :
In memory of Hannah | the wife of Samuel Hugh- j son who
died April 24, 1751, | aged 45 years.
A flat stone in the chancel (D) :
Here lyeth the body | of Martha wife | of Richard Bennett |
who departed this life | June the 2d, 1746, | aged 63
years.
DUNSBY 117
On two other stones (D) :
In memory of | Edward the son | of Samuel and Hannah ]
Hughson who died | Nov. 25, 174 . . , aged | 3 years.
In memory of Jane Hughson | daughter of Samuel Hughson, |
gent., and Hannah his wife, | who died July 1759, 1752 [sic], \
aged 4 months.
On two other stones in the chancel (D) :
In I memory of Hannah | Hughson daughter of | Sam^
Hughson, gent., | & Hannah his wife, | who died Sept. the
20th, I
In memory of | Eliz. Bennet | who died Aug 13, | awno salutis
nostras 1740, | aetatis suae 18.
(MS iii, 117-120.)
Notes taken in the church, [blank] August, 1831 — This church is
small but neat, the tower is very handsome of the florid Gothic
style of architecture. Round the font is this inscription in old
character :
Jh's X'ps Maria Baptista (with the letters each placed in a
P
little circle) R I | |
C
The living is in the patronage of the Charter House and the
incumbent is the Rev : W. T. Waters.
On a black marble tablet against the south wall of the chancel :
Near | this place lieth y^ body | of the Rev<^ | Irton Murthe-
waite I who departed this life Dec. 4*^, | 1793, | in the 44 year
of his age. j Also | two children who died infants.
On a white marble tablet to the west of the last :
Sacred | to the memory of | Eliz. Fothergill | who died July
31, 1811, I aged 65 years, j Also of her grand -daughter
Catherine | the daughter of | the Rev^ W™ & Catherine
Waters.
On a white marble tablet against the north wall of the chancel :
H. S. E. I Martha | Uxor Johannis Baskett | Hujus ecclesiae
Rectoris | Quae egregiis animi | Corporisque | Dotibus
instructa | bonae spei | vitam bonam fundamentum | feliciter
posuit I ob. X Dec. 1746, | set. 33.
On a flat stone within the communion rails (D) :
Resurgemus. | Here lyeth y« body of y^ Rev^ \ M^ Charles
Lydgould, | Rector of this parish, | who died Aug. 25, 1701, |
aged 42 years, j together with Eliz. his | daughter & Mich :
his son, I both infants.
118 DUNSBY
On another to the south of the last (D) :
Here lyeth y® body of | Mrs Mary Lydgould, ] mother of
ye [blank], \ who died Jan. 29, 1701, | aged 84.
On another to the south of the last (D) :
Here Heth | the body of | rehct of Mr John Greene |
who deceased Oct. 21, 1700, | in y^ 38 year of her age.
In the vestry is an old stone with this inscription round the edge,
in old character, as far as it is decypherable (D) :
Hie jacet Havisia uxor Edmundi Wylughby ar .... to que
obiit xvn die Januarii anno dom ....
In the belfry is another old stone on which all that is legible is as
follows :
Atwike de Downsby qui obiit xix Augusti A^
D'ni MCCcccxLn.
[See also L.R.S. i, 194-5 ; Associated Societies' Reports, x, 231-4.]
(MS i, 63-66.)
Cbenfjam
Notes taken in the church, [blank] July, 1833 — The fine monu-
ments of the Bertie family within this church are fully described
in the Gentlemaivs Magazine for Jan. 1808, vol. 78, part i, pp.
17-22, with the exception of the following :
On a tablet of white marble against the wall at the east end of
the south aisle :
In memory of | the Rev'^ John Bland, m.a., | Chaplain to his
Grace Peregrine | third Duke of Ancaster, | rector of
Willoughby and of | Theddlethorpe St Helen's, j and one of
His Majesty's Justices | of the Peace for this county. | He
lived many years | with his truly noble Patron | and received
signal marks | of his favour, friendship, | and confidence, |
and died the 19 day of January | 1761, in the 67 year of his
age, I and desired this inscription 1 to perpetuate his grateful
sense | of the favours | he was honoured with.
[See also LM.S. i, 204-6 ; Jeans, 23-4, Supp. 5-8.]
(MS xii, 81-82.)
feoutf) Clfeington
Notes taken in the church, 14 August, 1833 —
A fiat stone to the memory of John Oldham who died Oct. 8, 1801,
set. 65 (D).
A flat stone to the memory of Samuel Trout who died July 19, 1792,
set. 84 (D).
I
ELSHAM 119
A flat stone to the memory of Elizabeth relict of Samuel Trout
who died Sept. 15, 1832, set. 75.
In the nave are also flat stones to the memory of (D) :
Mary Chatterton who died Oct. 21, 1805, aged 31.
Robert Chatterton who died April 6, 1822, aged 46,
William Alcock died July 24, 1791, aged 47.
Robert Alcock his brother died March 31, 1797, aged 71.
And in the south aisle a flat stone to the memory of Samuel Trout
died May 7, 1804, aged 71 (D).
This church consists of a nave and south aisle resting on four
pointed arches springing from plain round columns, a chancel,
and a tower at the west end opening to the nave by a sharp pointed
arch. There appears to have been once a north aisle from the
clerestory windows remaining on that side. The font is an octagon,
pannelled in quatrefoils. The church has lately been repaired.
[See also Lines. N. & Q. xi, 235 ; L.R.S. i, 127.]
(MS iv, 89-90.)
Notes taken in the church, September 2, 1835 —
On a small stone (D) in the aisle rudely cut and much obliterated :
Mary Smith y® daughter | of Thomas Smith was | buried
y« 29 Decern., | An. Domini 1689, set. su. 15, | who was willing
for to ... I (defaced).
On a flat stone in the chancel (R) :
Depositse hie exuvise | beatse animse Judithse Paley | uxoris
G.P., A.M., I R^^ hujus eccl'se V. | Quae fidem crebra s. s. s.
lectione | assiduoque S. Trinitatis cultu | sustentavit aluit
firmavit | hinc turbatiores animi affectus | compressu fovit
leves I Prudens facilis beneficii | vitam placide et constanter
exegit I eo populares officio propinquitatem studio | Pietate
coluit maritum | ut cum hujus luctuosa orbitate | ingens
illorum certet desiderium | Dilecti mariti causa hanc vitam
invita | causa dei magis dilecti libens reliquit | Tantam
virtutem ex oculis sublatam | Utinam reprsesentent super-
stites I et imitando tradant pcsteris | ut qui plurimo conjugem
honore prosequitur | voto potiatur maritus | sibi in solamen
multisque in faelicitatem | sempiteniam cessuro | obiit 27
Mali 1728.
On a flat stone in the altar rails (R) :
Here lyeth the bodj^ of the | Reverend Mr William Paley, a.m.,
I vicar of this parish upwards of | fifty too years, who departed
this life June the 10, 1757, aged 77. | A friend sincere who
never flattery knew | Pays what to merit and desert is due |
120 ELSHAM
When on this stone what yet few marbles can | He truly
says here lies an honest man | Who justice and mercy loved |
And walked humbly with his God.
These two atchievements are against the north wall :
(1). A lozenge of arms gules, a cross between four fleur de lis,
argent [Ashhurst] ; impaling — Or, on a fesse dancetty azure
three estoiles argent ; on a canton of y® second a sun proper
[Thompson].
(2), Quarterly 1st and 4th, Or, a crow proper [Corbett] ;
2nd and 3rd, A fesse dancetty, and a canton [Thompson] ;
impaling — Or, a cross fleury gules [Ainslie]. Crests — 1st, on a
torce argent and sable an elephant argent ; on his back a
tower or [Corbett] ; 2nd, On a torce azure and or an armed
arm, vested gules, cuffed argent, holding four ears of wheat
or [Thompson].
This church consists of a nave and chancel not divided, with
decorated windows, and an Early English tower at the west end,
the door of which is old carved oak, carved with arches foliated.
The font is plain and octagonal. The sculptures mentioned by
Weir cannot be better made out.
[See also Lines. N. db Q. x, 206-7.]
(MS vi, 179-181.)
€bebon
Notes taken in the church, 16 August, 1836 — This church consists
only of a nave and chancel, separated from each other by a pointed
arch, springing from short round columns perfectly plain, and a
tower at the west end with a gallery for singing. In the north wall
are two pointed arches with columns similar to the former, and in
the south wall one arch into which a window has been introduced.
There have therefore been aisles on both sides. The east window
is modern. The font is octagon, pannelled with shields, (1),
J. H. S. ; (2), the arms of Hardeby ; (3), pannelled with niches ;
(4), A fesse dancette between five talbots' heads, apparently
[?Spayne]; (5), AR (conjoined); (6), Hardeby again; (7), is hid
by a pillar of the wooden gallery ; (8), . . . . , a chevron between
three escallops apparently.
Against the front of the wooden singing gallery is fixed a brass!
plate, in which are the figures of a man in a long gown, and a woman
in a ruff and stomacher, with five sons and eight daughters attired
after the same fashion, kneeling at a desk. Above are these arms —
. . . , a fesse dancette between ten billets 4 and 6 [for Hardeby]
impaling — On a fesse three fleur de lis [Disney] ; and below
the figures the following inscription, the first part in capitals :
Memoriae Sacrum | Danieli Hardeby de Evedon in com.
Lin I coin armigero Uni Justiciar' D'ni | Regis ad pacem
EVEDON 121
in com. praed. j Just did this justice lieue and dying just | As
all good mortalls ought, sleeps here in dust | Blest sleepc
where dying ashes do receive | A Heavenly Body from an
earthly grave.
r John, Bryan, )
Filii William, ; Filiae
^ Charles, Edward, /
Elizabeth, Mary, Katherine,
Mary, Susan,
Ann, Susan, Judith.
A white marble monument against the north wall of the nave
with these arms — .... three battering rams . . . [Bertie] ;
impaling — Azure, a fesse dancette between ten billets or [Hardeby].
Crest — A saracen's head ati'ronte proper :
Here lyes the | Bodys of the Hon : | Sir Peregrine Bertie
3^ son to I Robert earl of Lindsey and Lord Great ] Chamber-
lain of England and Governor | of the City of Lincolne in the
Civil Wars | under King Charles the first, & Ann his | wife,
daughter and coheiress of Daniel | Hardeb}" of Evedon, Esq.,
by whom he | had sole issue Elizabeth married to y® | Right
Hon : W^illiam Lord Widdrmgton | Baron of Blankney now
deceased, who to | perpetuate the memory of her father | and
mother erected this monument in | the year of our Lord
1705.
A tablet of stone against the north wall of the chancel :
Near this place lyeth y® body | of y® Reverend | Mr Rowland
Fox late rector | of Evedon, Master of Arts, | who departed
this life I on the seventeenth | day of February | in y^ year
of I our Lord 1722, | in the 48th year | of his age.
On the opposite wall is another common stone tablet having three
inscriptions, the first on the left hand is as follows :
Near this place lieth | interred the remains | of William Bailey,
gent., I who died June 26th, 1801, | in the 78th year of | his
age.
On the right side :
Near this place lieth | interred the remams | of Elizabeth
wife of I William Bailey, gent., | who died Jan: 29, 1750, | in
y6 33"^ year of | her age.
The third inscription is as follows :
Near this place lieth interred the | remains of Maria the
daughter | of John & Anne Bailey of Thomej' | who died
May 4, 1804, | aged 24 years.
Beneath is a flat stone to Anne wife of William Bailev, but it is
mostly hid by a pew.
On a flat stone at the entrance to the chancel :
In memory | of ^Irs Barbara Heffield | who departed this life |
Novemb'" 19, 1743, | in the 28 year of her | age.
122 EVEDON
On a flat stone under the altar :
Catharine Dubar Bailey | daughter of | William Bailey,
Esq., I and Catharine Dubar | his wife, | ob. May 30, A.D.
1806.
A flat stone at the west end rubbed :
Here lyeth the body of Mar | garet daur of James and |
Elizabeth Boulton who departed this | life the 25 of May
(? 1761).
On another stone :
Here lieth the body of Ann | daur of James & EUzabeth |
Boulton who departed this | life y^ 24 of October | 1757.
See also L.R.S. i, 214-15 ; Jeans, 24.]
(MS vii, 217-222.)
jFisifeerton
Notes taken in the church, 6 August 1833 —
On a white marble tablet (R) against the east wall of the chancel
with these arms, the colours of which are nearly gone — ^A cross
[for Sedgwick] ; impaling — On a fess three bucks' heads cabossed.
Crest — A garb :
Josephus Sedgwick | hujus ecclesise rector | et Lincolniensis
canonicus, | ob* 22 Sept. An. Dom. 1702, [ setat. suse 74.
On a flat stone in the south aisle (R) :
In memory | of | Peter Lely, gent°, | late of Lincoln, who
died I August 1761, set. 63. | Also of M^s Frances Lely | his
widow who died | May 16, 1782, aet. 79. j Near this place also
are | interred the remains of | M^^ Bridget Mapletoft | aunt
of the above nam'd | Frances Lely.
The following stones are both adjoining (R) :
To the memory | of | Anne Field wife of | Jonathan Field,
esq., I and eldest daughter of | Peter Lely, genf^, she died
Dec. the 11, 1797, aged 74 years.
To the memory j of Sarah Lely | neice of Robert Lely, esq., |
who died July the 1st, 1798, | aged 23 years.
On a flat stone to the west of the last three :
In I memory of | Original Skepper | who departed this life |
June the 7th, in the j^ear j of our Lord 1811, | aged 59 years.
In the school room which occupies the east end of the north aisle
there are two stones which have had inscriptions round the edge
but now quite erased.
A tablet of wood records that Robert Parkinson of Reepham,
gent., by will dated 1 May 1819, left to William Greetham of
Stainfield Hall co. Line, esq., £40 in trust to be distributed to the
poor in bread on St Thomas' day.
FLEET 123
A flat stone at the west end of the nave :
Here | lieth the body of | William Hurd, gentleman, | late of
Ketsby in this county | who departed this life | the 23*^ of
March 1763, | aged 66 years. | Also the body 1 of Jane Hurd
his wife | who died May P*, 1774, | aged 79 years.
On two other stones to the south :
Here lyeth the body of | Farmery Robinson ] who departed
this life Sep. y^ 6th, | 1741, aged 41. | Also adjojTiing | the
body of Anne Robinson | his wife who died Feb. the 10th, |
1745, aged 39.
Here lyeth the body | of David Robinson | jun'" who de-
parted I this life Sept. y^ 17, | anno D'ni 1715, | in y^ 28th
year of | his age.
A stone at the west end of the south aisle :
Here | lie the remains of | Robert Parkinson | who departed
this life I at Reepham on the | fifteenth day of June
MDCCCXix, I aged lxxiii.
A large blue flat stone to the east of the last :
Here lies the body of | George Harrison, esq., | late of this
parish, who, during the short | period of a bustling life,
endeavoured to | bestow the means of happiness on. those |
he knew. That his nobler part now | rests in peace is the
humble hope | of Mary Harrison | his onlj^ surviving daughter, |
who has placed this stone to his memory. | He died December
the 1st, in the year 1806, | aged 57 years. | His infant daughter
Sarah Harrison | is also buried in the same grave.
This church consists of a nave and two aisles ; on the north side
they are supported by two Norman arches and on the south side
by two pointed arches, a chancel and two aisles, the north used
for a school, and a pinnacled tower at the west end. The font is
curious ; it is an octagon supported on a circular pillar and four
smaller ones surrounding it.
[See also Jeans, 25.]
(MS iii, 131-136.)
Jfleet
Notes taken in the church, July 22, 1833 —
On a white marble lozenge-shaped slab against the south wall of
the chancel :
Hie I infra conditur | corpus | Thomee Lodington^ | quondam
hujus ecclesiae [ rectoris qui obiit 12 Aug. (
. f salutis 1729.
Anno
setat. suae 45.
Ex dono GuUei"" Brecknock.
124 FLEET
On a white marble monument ornamented with cherubs, against
the south wall of the chancel ; above — . . . . , on a bend engrailed
.... three roses [Jay] :
Marmor | hoc juxta recubat cadaver | Triste Wilhelmi laii,
Celebris | Gentis extinctse manet ampla virtus | Sola superstes. |
Rebus afflictis miserisque fida | Hospitali pane reluxit aula, j
Conjugum & rara pietate, solus | Defuit hseres. | Cum
decennalis quater isset orbem | Sol, & accessit trieteris una. |
Proximis triste ingemuit valete. | Quid valet orbis ? |
Desideratissimo marito | Ian. viges : Sept : 1706. | In caelum
reverse | posuit Elizabetha lay | uxor msestissima.
On a black stone in the floor of the chancel :
Susanna | wife of John Jay, Esq., | daughter of Richard
and I Ann Parke ob* 17 June 1679.
And on the same stone lower down :
Here lyeth the body of William | Jay, gent., who departed
this life the 27 day of January | Anno Dom. 1706, | in the
43^ year of his age.
On a black stone in the floor rather west of the last with these
arms cut above — . . . . , on a pale . . three stags' heads cabossed
in a border . . . [for Parke] ; impaling — . . . , on a bend three
bulls' heads couped ... a crescent difference [Heton] :
Here lyeth y^ body of Richard ] Parke, gent., who married |
Ann the daughter of Thomas Heton, | Esq., y® 8th day of
January 1625, by | whom he had three sonnes and two^
daug I hters, at his death there only survi | ved Ann, Elizabeth,
Susannah. He | departed this lyfe y^ 4th day of February |
1651, aged 50 years. | Anne Parke relict of the said Richard |
ob* 18 March 1682. | Here also lyeth the bodies of Thomas
and I Elizabeth the daughter and | son of the above said
Richard | Parke, gent., and Ann his wife.
At the entrance to the chancel is a stone from which the brasses
have been taken seemingly of a priest with an inscription.
On a grey and white tablet against the wall north of the altar :
Beneath is interr'd all that was mortal | of the Rev^ James
Ashley, | twenty two years rector of this parish. | A man whose
admirable and highly cultivated powers of mind | were only
equal 'd by the generosity and goodness of his heart, | who, after
a life spent in the conscientious discharge | of the sacred
duties of his profession, | tho' worn down with continued
affliction, | which he bore with Christian fortitude, | calmly
resign 'd his soul into the hands of his Maker | August 7^^,
1806, aged 63 years. | Be ye also ready, for in such an hour |
as ye think not the Son of Man cometh. Matt, ch : 24*^
V. 44**'.
FLEET 125
A neat marble tablet against the north wall of the chancel :
Sacred to the memory | of Mary, the wife | of the Rev^ Rich*^
Dods, A.M., I Rector of this parish | who departed this life
the 9th of NovJ- 1812, | in the 21st year of her age. | Piety
sincere and fervent, | Humility deep and unafifected, | an
unreserved devotednees to the service of God, | and an
earnest and unceasing solicitude | for the temporal and
spiritual interests | of her fellow creatures | were the graces
which marked and adorned her character ; | and these were
derived from faith in that Saviour | Who loved her and gave
Himself for her.
On a flat stone in the chancel these arms cut over — . . . . , on a
fesse . . . between three roundles each charged with a lion's head
crazed, ... a griffin passant between two escallops . . . [Green] ;
impaling — . . . , on a pale . . . three stags' heads .... [for
Parke]. Crest — An ostrich :
Here lyeth the body of | Elizabeth the wife of John Green | of
this parish, Esq., who departed | this life the 19th da}^ of
January | Anno Domini 1729, | setatis suae 30, | which said
Elizabeth was the onely | daughter of Reuben Parke of
Lutton, Esq., by | Mary Hoste one of the daughters of James |
Hoste, Esq., of Sandringham in the county | of Norfolk.
Upon another close by :
John I son of John & Susanna Jay, Esq., | ob* 28 Dec. 1691.
Across the last mentioned stone :
Adjacent lyeth John son of Wm. and Eliza. | Jay, Gent.,
obt 13 May 1697, setat : 10 weeks.
Over the entrance to the chancel is this inscription :
Rev*^ James Ashley, rector, John Winchley, John Ashfield,
churchwardens, 1787.
The church is small, consisting of a nave separated from the
north and south aisles by five arches pointed with high columns,
a chancel with the east window blocked up ; most of the windows
are modem but in one at the east end of the north aisle remains
a shield of arms viz., England with a labell of five pomts, B. The
tower and spire stand at the south side of the church and are entirely
separated from it and seem to have been thus built originally.
In the account of Fleet in the Gentleman'' s Magazine, alluded to
below, are also these further particulars — The church is dedicated
to St Mary Magdalen and is a rectory. It is a neat stone edifice
having lately been very much repaired and beautified. The steeple
is distant about twenty feet south west from the west end of the
nave ; it contains five bells with the following inscriptions :
1. Joseph Mallows of East Derham in Norfolk 1758.
2. Jhesus be our spede 1589.
126 FLEET
3. Fili Dei vive Anno Domini 1573. I's miserere nobis.
4. William Denniss and William Winkley, churchwardens,
Lister and Pack of London fee* 1766.
5. Thomas Norris made me 1652.
It mentions that on the label in the arms painted on the glass
each point is charged with three fleur de lis.
On a slab in the church yard near the north door in Saxon capitals
(R), and then nearly defaced, was the following :
Priez : pvr : les almes : Richard : Attegrene : Agneys : sa femme:
priez : quatre : vinz : iovrs : de : pa . . . .
[Tablet on the floor of south aisle :
Here | lieth the body | of Thomas Fairfax, gent., | who
departed this life the | 29th day of March Anno D'n' : | 1771, |
in the 56th year of his age.
Formerly at west end of the churchyard, now removed to the inside
of the church :
Here lieth the body of Michael lohnson surg° | who died the
16 day of Feb. 1721, setatis suae 61. | Surgeon Johnson from
the Bull in Fleet, | He's not dead, he's only laid here to sleep. |
They say he's dead. Alass he cannot Die, | He's only changed
to Immortality, | His image graved on Man God's right doth
shew, I His image 'tis, let Caesar have his dew.
Barber-Surgeons' Company of (Exeter) — Quarterly sable and argent;
over all on a cross gules a lion passant guardant or ; on the 1st
and 4th quarters a chevron between three fleams argent ; on the
2nd and 3rd quarters a rose gules seeded or, barbed vert, regally
crowned proper. Motto — De prsescientia Dei. Written on the
THE
cross — SUR GINS. Supporters — two leopards.]
ARM
[See also Churches of Holland ; TroUope, Sleaford, 240-1.]
(MS ii, 25-32.)
Notes
Various readings in Gentleman's Magazine, 1798, part ii,
p. 1094 : ^ for Lodington read Bodington. ^ four.
Jfolfeiusfjam
Notes taken in the church, 29 July, 1833 —
On a white marble tablet against the south wall of the chancel :
Near | this place | lyeth the body of y® | Rev. Richard Toller,
M.A., I who departed this life | the 12 of Jan^ 1752, | aged
63 years. | Blessed are the dead w^^ | die in the Lord.
FOLKINGHAM 127
On a black monument against the north wall of the chancel :
To the memory of | the Rev^ Isaac Cookson, Sen^, | Vicar of
Osbournby, Helpringham | and Walcot, in the county of [
Lincoln, and master of the Free [ Grammar school in this
place. I He departed this life February | the 23, 1784, setat.
57. I Also of Ann his wife j who died May the 7, 1784, | setat.
54. I Ao^a €1/ V^JriCTTOti 06(0
On a black tablet in the south aisle :
To I the memory of | Mr John Rugeley | late of this town
Apothecary | who died Sept. 30, 1780, | aged xxxi years. |
Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus 1 Tam chari capitis.
On a black tablet next to the last m the south aisle :
Near this place | lies the body of | John Morrell | who died
28 August 1781.
On a flat stone in the south aisle (D) :
Maria Qweningbrowh | died the rv day | of April 1698. | Here
lieth the body | of Anne the wife of | Edward Green berry |
who died May xxii, | 17[55, aged] 66.
On a stone in the south aisle has been an inscription in capitals,
but now defaced ; only the word " Brown " is legible. Underneath
is the following more modem memento (D) :
Here lieth the body | of Edward Greenberry | died May xxm,
1766, aged Lxxxi.
On another (R) :
Here | lieth the body of ] Edward Greenberry | who departed
this life 1 October 28, 1798, ] aged 74 years.
On a stone at the west end of the nave (D) :
Hie in humo | situs est reverendus | Dominus Thomas Martin |
nuper rector ecclesiae | parochialis de Kirkby | Underwood
obiit die Aug. | the xv, mdccxix, setat. 42.
[Here lyeth Elizabeth wife of Thomas Martin who died
January 24th, 17 . .
Here lyeth the body of Mary the wife of Abraham Craven
who departed this life April 16th, 1719.
Here lieth the body of Abraham Craven who died January
17th, 1792, aged 35.]
On a stone at the west end of the south aisle :
In a vault | underneath this | stone | lies the body of | ^^'illiam
Hall I late of Pointon | in this county | who died Feb^>' 3, j
1829, I aged 83 years.
On a stone in the south aisle (R) :
To I the memory of | Cornehus Maples, gent., | who departed
this life 1 Jan. 13, 1789, | aged 64 years.
128 FOLKINGHAM
On a marble tablet against a pillar south of the nave (R) :
Here rest in hope of a joyful resurrection | on the last da5^ |
Mary the daughter of | John and Mary Eastland, | ob. Sep. 1,
1786, set. 2 years and 10 months. | Francis the son of | John
& Mary Eastland, | ob* Dec. 16, 1811, aet. 17 years. | John
Eastland, | ob* April 12, 1815, aged 75 years, | Ehzabeth
the daughter of | John and Mary Eastland, | ob* May 30,
1815, 86 tat. 23 years. | Mary the daughter of | John and Mary
Eastland, | ob. Nov. 13^^, 1824, setat. 38 years. [Mary relict
of John Eastland ob* Sept. 22^^, 1831, setat. 82 years.]
Another tablet against the westernmost pillar :
This marble is erected as a token of filial respect | to
perpetuate the memory of | Benjamin Smith, Esq., | who
died 27 January 1807, | aged seventy five years. | Also sacred
to the memory of | Elizabeth relict of the above | who was
released from suffering | borne with exemplary patience | the
6th of May 1820, aged 78 years.
A tablet against the pillar opposite on the south side ; arms —
Ermine, on a chief azure three mullets argent, a border gules
[Douglas] ; impaling — Or, five lozenges conjoined in fesse gules
[Pinkney]. Crest — a hand couped at the wrist proper, holding a
heart sable, thereon a crescent argent. Motto — Spero Meliora.
This monument | is piously erected | by his affectionate
widow I to the memory of | Daniel Douglas, Esq., | who
having exemplarily discharged | with uncommon abiUty | the
social and active duties of life, | eminently distinguished | for
his friendly disposition, | love of peace and harmony, [ finished
his course here | much regretted, | August the 10, 1793, |
aged 58.
Another tablet against the easternmost pillar of the same side (R) :
A tribute | of affectionate attachment | to the memory of |
the Rev^ Edward Smith | who died the 17 of February 1813, j
aged 33 years ; | his short life was marked by a consistency |
of conduct rarely surpassed, | by truth and sincerity, | by
the purest piety, | by the most active benevolence.
On a flat stone in the nave (D) :
Here lieth the body | of Edmund son of Richard and Eliza-
beth I Eastland | who departed this life | Nov. 17th, | 1761,
aged XXII. | Francis Eastland | was buried the 30th | of
Dec^ 1811, I aged 17.
Another (D) :
Here lieth the body of | Jeremiah y^ son of Daniel | Douglas
who departed | this life April 1st, 17[03], | aged 21 years, |
Jeremiah Douglas son of | the said Daniel Douglas | who
departed this life | March 29, 1710, aged 14.
FOLKINGHAM 129
These on flat stones in the nave in memory of (D) :
Richard Eastland died March 16th, 1759, set. 60.
Elizabeth his wife died . . . . 1761, aet. 55.
Elizabeth Eastland buried 30 June 1813, set. 33.
Daniel Douglas died [blank] June 1705, aged 17.
Daniel son of Daniel Douglas died May 25 1711, aged 24.
[Let into a slab under the tower by the north east piUar. Evidently
a fragment cut off from a larger inscription :
Also of I Daniel Douglas, Esq^^ 1 son of | Daniel & Eliz :
Douglas I whose death is recorded | on the pillar near this
place.]
This church consists of a nave, two aisles, chancel, and tower
at the west end, pinnacled nave and aisles, divided by three pointed
arches with plain piers, a little painted glass in the windows.
[Stones in the floor of the west transept (D) :
Here lyeth the body of Eleanor the wife of Edward Kitching
who departed this life November the 30th, anno d'ni 1723,
aged 56 years. A loving, faithful wife Sleapeth here in the
dust.
In the north aisle :
In memory of Elizabeth Burton, relict of Mr Anthony Burton,
who died ye 24th April 1729, aged 59.
In the floor of the nave :
Here lieth the body of Daniel Douglas who departed this
life January 6th, , aged 47 years.
Here Ueth the body of Daniel Douglas son of Daniel Douglas
who departed this life May 23rd, 1743, aged 54.
Here lieth the body of Elizabeth the wife of Daniel Douglas
who departed this life April 29th, 1709, aged 48 years.
Here lieth the body of Elizabeth the wife of the 2nd Daniel
Douglas who departed this life October 23rd, 1783, aged
73 years.
Also John Douglas son of the said Daniel Douglas who
departed this life March 29th, 1740, aged 44.
Here lieth the body of Richard son of Richard and Elizabeth
Eastland who departed this life July 20th, 1755, aged 21.
Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit.
Here lieth the body of Richard Eastland who departed this
life July 26th, 1759, aged 66 years.
Here lieth the body of EHzabeth the wife of Richard Eastland
who departed this life Jan. 21, 1765, aged 54 years.
Mary the daughter of John and Mary Eastland, she departed
this life Sept. 1st, 1786, aged 2 years and 10 months.
[See also L.R.S. i, 219; Trollope, Sleafonl, pp. 511-14.]
(MS i, 203-211.)
130 FRODINGHAM
Jfrobingliam
Notes taken in the church, 11 September, 1835 — This church
consists of a nave and two aisles resting on the north side on three
sharp pointed Early EngUsh arches, ornamented with the toothed
and ball moulding, and springing from circular columns with massive
capitals. The arches on the south side are of a later style with
octagonal shafts. The chancel is Early English with a lancet
window of three lights at the east end. The roof is open to the
timbers, but the arch to the nave is blocked up. A tower at the
west end. The east window of the south aisle is a singular one.
The font is circular with a clustered shaft. A good Early English
arch in the south porch.
On a fiat stone within the altar rails (D) :
Here lyeth | the body of j Charles Healey | of Frodingham, |
gent., I who dyed | May the 12, aged ] 53, in the year of our
Lord I 1698.
On another more to the north (D) :
Here lyeth y® | body of Mary Healey | of Gainsborough
widow I of Charles Healey late of | Frodingham, gent., she |
dyed ye 10 of March | 1768, aged 59.
Another more to the south (D) :
Here is the | body of Elizabeth | the wife of John Healey |
Esqf, she died 1 of March \ 1740, aged 67.
A blue stone to the east of the last (D). The arms cut over — . . . . ,
four fusils in pale .... [for Healey] ; impaling — . . . , a mascle
between three ro undies . . . [Osbaldeston]. Crest — A dragon's head :
Reader, | Here rests | Elizabeth the second wife of | John
Healey, Esq., | she was one of the daughters | of Sir Richard
Osbaldeston, knight, | and left | this world (with not one
like her in it) | the 7th of May 1749, in the 57 year | of her age.
On another stone :
Here | heth the body of | John Stow, gent., | of Frodmgham, |
who was buried July the 8 \ 1689.
Another to D. E. Saunders of London, died 5 Dec^ 1820, set. 52.
A black tablet, with gold letters, against the north wall ; arms
over — Argent, four fusils in pale gules [Healey] ; impaling — Argent
a mascle inter three pellets [Osbaldeston] :
In memory of \ John Healey, Esq'", | who dyed the ] seventh
day of May | 1750, j aged 63 years.
On a black tablet next similar to the last :
Near this place | lie the remains of Geo. Healey, Esq., | who
died Feb. 18, 1794, | aged 78 years. | Jane Healey, wife of
the above | named Geo. Healey, 1 died Dec. 24, 1799, [ aged
82 years.
FULBECK 131
Next to it another, with the Healey arms :
In memory of | George Healey, Esq., | who died the twenty |
eighth day of May | 1824, | aged 78 years.
A white marble tablet against the south wall of the chancel :
Near to this place | are deposited the remains of | Mary Jane
eldest daughter of | Henry and Mary Elizabeth Healey of |
High Risby. | She died the 26 of June 1834, | aged 15. \ Her
afflicted parents have caused | this tablet to be erected
to the memory | of a beloved child who in humble | resignation
of the divine will bore | a lingering illness with Christian |
fortitude and exemplary patience.
A flat stone below :
Here | lie the remains of | John Healey, son [ of George Healey,
of I Gainsburgh, Esq., who died | the 6 of February 1789, |
aged 34 years.
A black tablet (D) at the west end of the nave to the memory of
Austin Maw servant of G. Healey, Esq., 25 years, died 28 Dec'"
1801, aet. 60.
A flat stone (D) in the north aisle to William Clarke of Bromby,
gent., died 9 Dec^ 1782, aet. 85.
Others in the nave (D) to :
William Clarke of Bromby died 30 April 1713.
William Clarke of Bromby, gent., died 6 May 1802, aet. 78.
William Grant Barber Clarke his only son died 7 May 1788,
aet. 23.
Jane wife of Richard Rogerson of Broughton.
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. xi, 176-178, 195.]
(MS viii, 229-234.J
Jfulliecfe
Notes taken in the church, 9 August 1833 —
On a stone monument against the north side of the north aisle
under the window, the arms in a comer of the stone — Azure, three
gauntlets or, with a crescent difference. Crest — A bull's head
argent, armed or, issuing from a ducal coronet of the same
[Fane] :
In I memory | of Mr William Fane second son of Sir Francis
Fane Kt. of the Bath | by the Right Hon^ie Elizabeth relict
of John Lord Darcy and Mennell who, | after 10 years travell
in France, Flanders, Germany, Italy, Turky, Jerusalem, | and
the Holy Land, in the 40*^ year of his age, departed this life
y« 3 of June 1679. | Also Henry y^ 3^^ son dyed Nov. 27 and
was buried here Anno 1686. | He was ever obedient to his
parents, faithf ull to his trust, beloved for his good | disposition
132 FULBECK
and particularly bj- M^s Grace Fane his sorrowful sister
who I caused this monument to be erected for him y^ 10 of
July 1679. I Edward Fane 5*^ son of Sir Francis after visiting
Jerusalem & other parts dyed at London | Dec. y* 15, 1679,
aged 37.
Upon another stone monument like the last further to the west
in the north aisle :
In I memory | of Mr Thomas Ball who dyed y® 10 day of
Febru. 1673 in y^ 74*^ year of his age. | His wife was Elizabeth
daughter of M^ Thomas West of Doncaster, by whome ] hee
had six sons and left onely one daughter Elizabeth survivinge. |
Hee was 50 years a faithfull servant to S^ Francis Fane, Kt.
of y® Bath, | second son of Francis earle of Westmoreland,
and travelled w^h him into | Holland, Denmark, Germany,
Loraine, Switzerland, Italy, Naples, | France and Flanders,
where hee considered y^ courts and camps of | most of y®
European Princes, their splendor & mutabilitie, concluding |
with y® preacher, there was nothing new under the sun and
y* all was | vanity and onely one thing necessary, to fear God
and keep his commandments. | Soe doth F. F. who fixed
this stone 1674.
A monument of stone under the east window of the north aisle,
three coats on each side the stone as follows — (1), Quarterly, France
and England, a label ermine [John of Gaunt] ; impaling — Gules,
three Catherine wheels or [Swinford], within the Garter, and a
ducal coronet over. (2), Gules, a saltier argent, charged with a
rose of the field [Nevile] ; impaling — Gules, a fess between six
crosslets or, a crescent for difference [Beauchamp]. This is sur-
mounted by a baron's coronet. (3), Nevile ; impaling — 1st and
4th, Quarterly, France and England ; 2nd and 3rd, Or, a chevron
gules [Stafford], surrounded by the Garter, and surmounted by a
baron's coronet. (4), exactly the same as the last, surrounded
by the Garter, but surmounted by an earl's coronet. (5), Nevile,
impaling — Argent, on a chevron within a bordure azure three
escallops of the field [Fenne], surmounted by a baron's coronet.
(6), Nevile, impaling — Or, two bars argent ; on a chief quarterly
France and England [Manners], surmounted by a baron's coronet.
In the centre is an urn upon a pedestal, and on the last three shields
— (1) (the centre). Azure, three gauntlets or [Fane] ; impaling —
Gules, a saltier argent, charged with a rose of the field, Nevile,
surmounted by a baron's coronet. (2), Fane, impaling — Argent —
three lions rampant azure, surmounted by an earl's coronet [Mild-
may]. (3), Azure, semee of crosslets, three roses argent [Darcy] ;
impaling — [Argent], a fess dancette, between three leopards' heads
cabossed sable [VVest]. Also this coat — Quarterly, 1st. Fane ;
2nd, Nevile ; 3rd, Or, fretty gules, on a canton argent [a galley —
Nevile of Bulmer] ; 4th, Quarterly argent and gules, on the 2nd
FULBECK 133
and 3rd quarters a fret or ; over all, a bend sable [Spencer]. At
the bottom this motto : Ne vile Fano ; and these inscriptions,
which are divided by the pedestal :
Un Dieu — Un Roy. Cor Unum — Via una. | Nomen alterum
quaere— obiit An^ 1680, .Etatis 69.
A white marble monument against the east end of the north aisle :
Sacred to the memory | of | the Honourable Henry Fane ( son
of Tho^ Earl of Westmoreland | who departed this life Friday
June IV, I MDCCCii, | in the lxiv**! year of his age, | he left
a widow j and numerous family of children | to deplore the
loss I of I a most affectionate husband | and | the best of fathers.
On a white marble tablet against the north wall of the north aisle
with an anchor above :
To the memory of | Vere Fane | second son of Lieutenant
General | Sir Henry Fane of Fulbeck, | Knight Grand Cross
of the Bath. | He lost his life in the service of his country, |
having perished with every one of his brother seamen, | the
crew of his Majesty's brig of war Algerine, | off Hydra | in
the Gresian Archipelago, | on the 8th (^ay ^f January 1826, |
in the 19*^ year of his age. | His proper sense of all his moral
obligations, | the excellence of his disposition, | and his high
professional qualities and character, | fitted him as it seemed
for a prosperous course | of worldly felicity and honour. |
But the Almighty has dealt yet more graciously with him |
by removing him to immortality | before his fair prospects
had been clouded by misfortune, | or his innocence endangered
by temptation.
A white and grey marble monument north of the chancel (R) :
In memory \ of George Smith, gentleman, | who died 24 day
of Oct. 1806,' I in the 95*^ year of his age, ] also of | EHzabeth
Smith his neice | who died 18 July 1813, | in the 74^^ year of
her age.
On a stone in the nave (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | James Horton, gent., | of this
place, late of | Manchester, merchant, | who died the 26 of
June I in the year of our Lord 1756, | aged 54 years. | He
married Rebecca daughter of | William and Catherine |
Pickworth of Caythorpe in this | county ; she died at
Manchester | August the 18, 1753, aged 24, | and is interred
in I St Anne's church, Manchester, | left issue three children, |
Pickworth who died Sept. 1783, | aged 31, and lies hiterred
at Caythoii^e, ] Catherine Dubar died | . . . .
. . in this (The bottom is effaced).
Round the Fane pew is this inscription :
My son. Fear thou the Lord and the King and meddle not |
with them that ai-e given to change. Prov. 24. 21.
134 FULBECK
A stone monument (D) at the east end. of the south aisle against
the wall ; the arms over — Sable, three goats salient argent
[Thorold] ; impaling — Argent, on a bend sable three owls of the
field, a crescent for a difference [Savile] :
In I memory | of Timothy Thorold Doc"^ of Physick who was
interred here y® 25 of Dece?/i. 1641, and Eliz. his wife | onely
daughter of Gabriel Savile of Newton, esq., shee was interr<^
here the 29 of Oct^ 1669. They had five sons | W^ their
surviving son was buried here y^ 13 of Oct^ 1663. They had
three daughters, Eliz. the eldest married | Rich Thomhill
of Marham, gent., both interred here, Mary y^ youngest
married Anthony Williams of | Swarby, gent., Martha y^
second daughter married Tho. Lucas of Hollo well in y^ county
of Northampton, | gent., they had 2 sons, Thomas and W™,
Thomas y^ eldest having spent near six years in the University
of Oxford I being outwardly accomplished and inwardly
quaHfyed with piety, prudence and learning, to his Parents
and Friends | great satisfaction, and others y* knew him,
Departed this life at the age 23, and was interred here y^
21 of April I 1680, to y^ great grief of his father & mother
who caused this monument to be erected for him. Here
lieth also interred | the body of the before named Martha
Lucas who dyed Feb. 16, and was buried Feb. 19, An^
1686.
A black marble monument flanked by two grey Corinthian pillars
against the wall to the north of the last mentioned, these arms
over, viz. — On a chevron, between three stags tripping or, three
roses .... [Robinson] ; impaling — Argent, three martlets in pale,
between two flanches sable [Brown]. And these below — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Per pale indented or and azure ; 2nd and 3rd, viz.,
[Robinson] :
To the memory of | Elizabeth daughter of S'" Leonard Brown,
knt, and relict of j Robert Robinson of Branston | in the
county of Lincoln, gent., | who died in the year 1683. | Also
John Robinson, gent., son | and heir of Robert and Eliz*^
Robinson | who died January the P*, 172|, aged 74, | as
also Elizabeth Grandaughter of | the above Rob* and Eliz*
Robinson | and wife of Benjamin Jessop, gent. | She die
September the 29, 1747, | in the 60 year of her age. | Likewisei
of the above | Benjamin Jessop, gent., son of | Robert Jessop
of Marston | in this county, | who departed this life | the 4t*J
day of October 1762, | in the 70 year of his age.
A flat stone below commemorates the same Benjamin Jessop (D) :
A monument of stone against the wall of the south aisle :
Near this place | lies interred the body of | Elizabeth Shaw |
daughter of Richard Shaw, yeoman, | and Mary his wife |
FULBECK 135
who departed this life | October 22, 1736, | aged 24. | She was
pious towards God, | dutifull to her parents, | loving and kind |
to her relations and friends, | and agreeable to all her acquaint-
ance. I Also Mary mother of the above | Eliz^ Shaw died
April 6, 1756, aged 65. | Also Richard Shaw, husband of the
above | Mary & Father of the above Eliz^^ Shaw, | died
April 22, 1758, aged 74.
A black tablet against the south door :
To the memory of | Susannah wife of | Michael Atkinson |
who departed | this life November y^ 17, | 1744, aged 22 years. |
Also to the memory of \ Michael Atkinson, gent., | who
departed this life | August 10, 1758, aged 43. j Also of Michael
Atkinson son of the above | who died April the 6^^, 1807, |
aged 62 years.
A grey marble pyramidal monument more to the west, in capitals
on a white slab (D) :
Near | this monument | are interred the remains | of M^
Francis Atkinson | late of Leadenham | in this neighbourhood
who died | on the ix day of March | mdccxcv, | in the xlhi
year | of j his age.
Another to the west of the last surmounted by an um :
In memory of Thomasine | the wife of Michael Atkinson | of
the city of Lincoln, Att^ at Law, | who died 31 daj^ of March
1805, I in the 34*^ year of her age, | greatly lamented by her
family | and friends, | to whom she rendered herseK j deservedly
dear | by a uniform exercise | of every moral & domestic
virtue.
A black slab at the west end of the south aisle (D) :
Here | lie interred the remains of | Ann the 2^ wife of | Mich^
Atkinson, gent., | who died Feb. 13, 1771, | aged 47 years.
On a white marble tablet against the north wall of the chancel in
capitals :
Sacred | to the memory of | Elizabeth Sharp | wife of Thomas
Sharp I who departed this life | September the xix, mdcccxix, |
in the 59 year of | her age. | Also of Thomas Sharp. | Surgeon
in this village xliv years, | who died the xx of November
MDCCCXXV, I in the lxiv year of his age.
On a similar one below also in capitals :
To the memory of Elizabeth Barker | relict of Christopher
Barker, | Surgeon, | who died on the vii of May mdccci, |
aged Lxviii. | Also of George Fawcett, | Surgeon, | who died
XXVI of August MDCCLXXXiii, | aged xxxiii years.
On a flat stone in the nave (D) :
In memory of | Ann | wife of | Abraham Swain, yeo., | who
dyed . . . . | ber y^ 8, 1739, | aged 31 years.
136 FULBECK
This church consists of a nave separated from its aisles by three
pointed arches rising from round columns, a chancel, and a tower
pinnacled at the west end. It is very prettily covered with ivy.
[See also L.R.S. i, 228-9.]
(MS iii, 241-254.)
Notes taken in the church, 17 August 1833 — The church is at
present a mean building, consisting of nave and chancel, no tower.
The bell hangs over the west end.
There is an old stone in the chancel, but the inscription which runs
across the stone is illegible.
Placed upright against the wall of the west end is the figure (R)
of a Knight Templar, his legs crossed, but broken at the bottom,
his hands clasped, a shield on his arm. Over his head a lion couchant
which may probably have been removed from under his feet. The
whole is covered over with yellow ochre.
Next is the figure of a female (R), also placed upright against the
west wall. There are the remains of a canopy over her head and
the hands are clasped. It is covered with whitewash.
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. xi, 196.]
(MS iv, 3.)
(©ebnep
Notes taken in the church, 22 July 1833 — In the chancel there
are the remains of brasses, three seem to have been figures with
inscriptions under them, the fourth a cross.
Against the south west [wall] at the entrance to the chancel is a
white marble monument — ... a lion rampant, looking to the
sinister [? for Welles] :
In memory of Mary the wife of | Robert MiUington of this
parish | great grand-daughter | of St John Wells, Esq., | of
Alford in this county, | who died 17 Aug. 1831, | aged lvi
years.
On a black marble tablet about the middle of the north wall of
the north aisle :
To the memory of | Worrall Palmer, gent., | of this parish, |
who died October the xxrv*^, mdcccxxv, | aged lviii years. |
Also of Margaret Palmer | relict of the above | who died
August XXX, MDCCCXXVi, I aged liii years. | Them also which
sleep in Jesus will God | bring with him. 1 Thess. rv, 14.
A very handsome old monument against the south wall of the south
aisle, the entablature supported by three Corinthian pillars ; and
n
GEDNEY 137
above three shields of arms : in the centre — Sable, a fess between
three fleur de lis argent [Welby]. On the right hand — Sable, three
spear heads argent [Apryce]. On the left — [Welby] ; impaling
[Apryce]. Between the pillars are a man and woman kneeling
at a desk on which are books. Below is the following inscription
partly under the man, partly under the woman, in capitals :
Here under lyeth buried the bodies of Adlard Welby | of
Gedney, Esq., and Cassandra his wife the daugh- | ter of
William Apryce of Washingleys in y^ parish | of Lutton in
the county of Huntingdon, Esquier, | by whom he had issve
fower sons and one daugh | ter, viz. William, Richard,
Robert, John, and Susan, | being all Uvinge at his death, who
departed this | life the xi day of August An. 1570, being of
the I age of lxiii yeares, and Cassandra departed y« xxii |
of February An. D'ni 1590, being lx years of age.
The second column under the woman as follows :
This monument was made at y^ cost & charges of S^ | William
Welbie, Knight of the Honourable order | of the Bath, together
with Robart Carr of Aswerbye, | esquier, the last husband
of Cassandra, mother to y« | foresayd Will'm, & wife to y®
above named Robart, & j was finished in the moneth of
May 1605, being in y^ | raigne of our soveraine Lord James
by the grace of | God of England Fraunce & Ireland king
the I third, and of Scotland the eight and thirtieth.
On a brass plate against the south wall, west of the last, much
rubbed and very illegible, though not old :
Sacred to the memory of | Mary Ann Windett | daughter
of I James & Ann Windett | who is interred opposite | 29 Dec.
1817, aged 7 yea,Ts . . months. | Also of Maria & William who |
died infants in London.
A white circular tablet on grey marble against the south wall :
Mr I James Long | died December 16, 1786, | aged 60 years. |
Mrs I Dorothy Long | died June 7, 1791, | aged 66 years. |
Also 7 children | died infants.
Upon a flat stone in the south aisle near the last tablet :
Underneath this stone are interred | in the hopes of a joj^ul
resurrection | the earthly remains \ of Elizabeth the wife
of I James Long | who departed this life | the 12 day of April
1817, I in the 49 year of her age.
On another stone close by :
Underneath this stone are interred | hi the hopes of a joj-ful
resurrection | the earthly remains | of James Long, gent., |
who departed this life | the 12th day of February 1824, | in
the 72 year of his age.
On another stone adjoining (D) :
Underneath this stone are interred | in the hopes of a joj-ful
138 GEDNEY
resurrection | Elizabeth wife of | James Long | who departed
this life I the 11th day of January 1809, | in the 50 year of
her age.
On another stone (D) :
In memory of | Mary daughter of | Mr James and Elizabeth
Long I who died July 5, 1797, | aged 6 years.
On another stone :
Elizabeth daughter of | James & Elizabeth Long | died
March 2, 1781, | an infant.
On another stone :
William son of | James & Elizabeth Long | died March 20,
1794, I aged 10 months.
On a white marble slab in the floor of the nave :
To the memory | of Lydia the wife | of Nicholas Mathews,
clerk, I and also of Anne their daughter. | Lydia departed this
life I on April y® 16, 1750, | in the 30 year of her age | and
Anne on Oct. y« 13, | 1749, | aged 6 months. | Flere et
meminisse relictum est.
On a black marble slab in the middle aisle :
In memory of | Michael Athey | who died ] Jan^ 11, 1826, |
aged Lxxxv. | Elizabeth | his wife | died March 17, 1826, |
aged Lxxxvi.
There is an atchievement suspended near the chancel as follows :
Quarterly, 1st — Or, a pale engrailed between two lions rampant
sable ; 2nd — Per fesse argent and azure, a pile counterchanged,
charged with a buck's head cabossed or ; 3rd — Per pale gules and
sable, an eagle or, in chief two mullets argent ; 4th — As the first ;
impaled by (which ought to have been first emblazoned) — Azure,
two chevrons embraced between three estoiles argent. Crest — an
estoile argent (D).
A marble monument against the wall at the east end of the south
[? aisle], with arms below — Sable, a chevron between three fleur
de lis argent. Crest — An armed arm azure, holding a sword proper
issuing from a cloud proper [Welby]. Motto — Per ignem per gladium :
Here under lyeth the body | of WiUiam Welbye, Esq., | who
departed this life the 17 day of April 1726, in the 58 |
year of his age. | He was lineally descended from Adlard
Welbe of Gedney, Esq., and | Cassandra his v/ife whose
monument is on the south side | of the church near this place,
to I the inscription on which this re | fers and to whose
memory | this is dedicated by Adlard | Welbye his brother
who was left his sole executor.
A similar one more to the south with arms and crest of Welby under,
and this motto — Per Ignem Per Gladium :
Near this place lieth | interred the body of Adlard | Welbye,
GEDNEY 139
Esq., the youngest of the | four sons of Adlard Welbye, Esq., |
executor to his eldest brother W"" | Welbye, to whose memory
he erect- | ed the monument adjoynmg, & in y* ( same
grave with him are deposited | the bodies of his said brothers, |
William & John Welbye, y^ 4th brother | having perished at
sea, I none of them | having left issue, that ancient & worthy |
family is hereby become extinct, he | died y« 15 of June
1728, in y^ 58 year of | his age, and as he lived in the exercise
of all I Christian & moral virtues, so left a ] memorial of
his charity by a perpetual | donation of five pounds a year
for I the rehef of such industrious poor | of this parish as do
not receive collec- | tion. His father Adlard Welbye | left
fifty shillings per ann. to y® | poor : many of his ancestors |
having been benefactors to | this parish before him.
Above these monuments are two atchievements with the Welby
arms.
On a black tablet against the wall at the east end of the south aisle
with arms over — Gules, on a fesse argent, between three garbs in
chief and a lion passant in base or, the words ' Vivens Vives ' [for
Whitley] :
Near to | this place 1 lyeth the body | of Edward Whitley,
gent., j who departed this | life February y« 17th, | 1761,
aged 73 | years.
On a flat stone in the floor below, defaced by damp :
Hie jacet corpus Esterae fihse Augustini j Fish Vicar' hujus
Ecclesiae et Catherinae | uxoris eius quae ex hac luce placide
migra- | vit X'ti nomine 11° die Julii 1690, setat. 20°, | Jacobus
filius Augustini et Catherinae Fish | Presbyter spei baud
vulgaris obiit | apud Londinum April 28^^° sepultus est |
Ecclesia Sabaudiensi 1710, aetat. 25°. | Catherina uxor
amantissima Augustini Fish | obiit Feb. 13, 1711, aetat. 51o. |
Liberis Conjugi et sibi. | Augustinus Fish a.m. vicar obiit |
Mali 130, 1713, I aetatis 70.
On a flat stone in the north aisle (D) :
Here lyeth interred | the body of EUzabeth | daughter of
Humph I ery and Elizabeth | Graves who departed | this life
the 27 day | of July 1711, in the 13 | year of her age.
On a flat blue stone in the nave near the entrance to the chancel :
In memory of | Perigrina the wife of | Wilham Benson who |
departed this life | December ye 28th, 1745, | aged 51. | Also
the body of William Benson | who departed this life August
19th, I 1750, I aged 58 years, | and also his son who died
in I his infancy.
On a small stone more to the east :
Here lies | interred the body | of Robert son | of Robert Sc
140 GEDNEY
Amy j Pulvertoft | who departed this life | the 21st of July
1783, I in his infancy.
On another large blue stone :
Beneath this marble are interred | the remains of Elizabeth
wife of I William Bothamley | who departed this life | January
29, 1793, I aged 36 years. | Also j one child died an infant. ]
Also I beneath are deposited the earthly | remains of | William
Bothamley | who departed this life | January 19, 1806, | aged
53 years.
Over the door at the south is the following inscription in capitals
of old character :
Pax Xp' i sit huic domui et omnibus | habitantibus in ea hie
requies nostra.
This is a very handsome church. It consists of a nave and side
aisles divided by six fine pointed arches, and a chancel, with a
tower at the west end. The east window of the north aisle is filled
with very beautiful painted glass, and in another window of the
same aisle are these arms — Argent, three lions passant sable. There
is also in all the other windows of the church some painted glass.
There are twelve clerestory windows, very handsome.
[See also L.R.8. i, 178-80 ; Jeans, Supp., 8-9 ; Churches
of Holland. \
(MS ii, 33-47.)
<§ebnep '^iW
Notes taken in the chapel, 30 August, 1836 — This chapel consists
of a nave with aisles, chancel, and a tower of the perpendicular
style at the west end, divided by a pointed arch from the nave.
The aisles are separated from the nave by wooden supports without
arches. No arch to the chancel. The windows are modem, and
those of the clerestory garret. Font— octagon, pannelled. A south
porch, and in the tower five bells, three old and two new ones. In
the churchyard is the handsome shaft of a cross on a pedestal and
basement of two steps.
A stone tablet against the north wall of the chancel : on a book this :
" Be not slothful but followers | thro' faith and patience to
inherit the promises."
Above a crown, and this inscription :
In memory of | Mary Kingston, | a sincere Christian. | How
loved, how valued once avails thee not | To whom related
or by whom begot | A heap of dust alone remains of thee |
'Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be. | She died, the
16 day after the birth of her 2^ child, | the 8th of May 1815, |
in the 26 year of her age. |
Life how short, Eternity how long.
GLENTWORTH 141
A white and grey marble tablet opposite :
In memory | of Jacob Decamps | who departed this life | the
8th of Septem'". 1770, | aged 71 years. | Also Susanna his
wife I who departed this life | the 7 of August 1758, | aged
64 years.
A flat stone in the chancel :
In memory | of | the Re\^ | Richard Hayforth | curate of this
parish | seven years. | He died the 2^ of Feb. | 1788, | aged
56 years.
A blue flat stone in the nave :
Here lieth the remains | of the Rev^ David Burrell a.b. |
pastor of this place thirty years, | to whose memorj* a friend
has I inscribed this stone for the sake | of gratitude. He
departed | this life January 25, 1779 | in the 68 year of his age.
A blue flat stone to the west :
Here lieth interred | the body of Sarah the wife of | Robert
Skin who departed this life | the 3^ of October 1737, | aged
75 years. | Here lieth interred also | the body of the said
Robert Skin | who departed this life the 5 of July | 1740,
aged 61 years.
Another to the west :
In memory | of | Joseph Scribo | who departed this life |
August the 24, 1781, | aged 56, | Also of Susannah his wife |
who departed this life | June 13, 1768, | aged 32.
Another to the west under the singing gallery at the west end (D) :
Under this marble | lieth interred the body | of Thomas
Cherintou, Gent., | he was xxxvi years one of the | feofifees
in trust for the lands ] belongmg to this Chapel, | who departed
this life I the 16 of February 1789, j aged 56 years. | And of
Mary his daughter | who died the 7 of April 1771. | Also of
Sarah his wife | who died the 16 of Dec"" 1814, | aged 77 years.
(MS ix, 33-37.)
(^lenttDortf)
Notes taken in the church, 14 September, 1835 —
On the south side of the chancel a white marble monument, repre-
senting a canopy under which are three heads, and on each side
stands a cherub in attitudes of grief. The pediment is supported
by two Corinthian pillars and over it are these arms — In a lozenge
paly of six argent and azure, on a bend sable three annulets or
[Saunderson] ; impaling— Azure on a chief or three martlets gules
(Wray), but much defaced. Above, the crest — A talbot argent,
spotted sable [Saunderson] ; below, at the base, this inscription in
two compartments :
(1) D O M I S I near this place lies the body of the Hon^^^^ |
142 GLENTWORTH
Elizabeth Saunderson, widow of Hon**^^ Nicholas | Saunderson,
eldest son of the R* Hon^^® George Lord | Viscount Castleton
of the kingdom of Ireland, | by whom she had only one son,
Wray Saunderson, | who dyed without issue in her life time, j
She was the only daughter and heir of Sir John Wray ] of
Glen two rth, Baronet, | who was great grandson of S^
Christopher | Wray, Lord Cheif Justice of England | in the
reign of the renowned | Queen Elizabeth. ] She had great
virtues | and a greater desire of concealing them ] was of a
severe life. | (2) Yet of an even conversation, | courteous to
all, but strictly sincere, | humble without meanness, | liberal
but not profuse, | devout without ostentation, | to her friends
and relations beneficent, | to the poor charitable | even beyond
her death. | She exchanged her earthly for an heavenly
habitation, | at the city of Yorke the 7 day of April | Anno
Dom. 1714, in the 50 year of her age, | having settled a good
part of the estate of the Wrays | of Glentworth in the counties
of Lincoln, Norfolke and Yorke, upon her next | Heire male
Sir Cecill Wray, Baronet, | who out of respect and gratitude
has caused this | monument to be erected | to her memory.
On a tablet against the north wall :
This monument was erected by the Hon. & Rev. J. Lumley, |
to the memory of his late worthy & much esteemed friend, |
the Rev. George Bassett, j who died at Bath the 16 of Decem-
ber 1796, I aged 57. | Near this place are also interred | his
parents the Rev. William Bassett | who died in 1765, aged
63, I archdeacon of Stowe, & 40 years vicar of Glentworth, |
and Elizabeth his wife, the daughter of | George Whichcot
of Harpswell, Esq., | by whom he had 13 children, | she died
in 1774, aged 71. Ed. Hurst fecit.
The monument to S^ C. Wray will be found described in the inter-
leaved notes to Weir's Lincolnshire.
The church consists only of a nave separated from the chancel
by a handsome pointed arch resting on dwarf columns with trefoil
capitals. The church has been quite modernised with circular
headed windows and ceiled roof, the floor paved with red tiles,
and no flat stones whatever.
[See also L.R.S. i, 146-7.]
(MS vii, 33-36.)
Notes taken in the church, 13 August, 1833 —
On a stone in the nave :
Hie jacet Tho. Grantham | Tho. Grantham de S. | Katharinae'
juxta 1 Lincoln mil. filius qui | duxit Doroth. Alford | obiit
No : die 22 I Anno D'ni 165 .. I ff.g. h.m.p.
GOSBERTON 143
On a stone quite close, but very much rubbed, and partly hid under
a pew :
Hie ja I Tho I I
om. Ebor. | pepe . . . . |
et 2 fil . . I . . obiit die Aug.
A. I 1673 I FF.G. H.M.p. I vivit post funera
vi . . . .
On a stone in the nave have been brasses of a knight, and two
shields of arms, and inscription round the edge — all gone.
An old stone with this inscription round the ledge in old characters :
Hip jacet d'na Margareta Mustill mo' . t . pri[or]issa huius
loci que obiit xvi k'l'as Marci A. D'ni Mcccccvnjo cuius
awime propitietur Dews Amen.
In the middle of the stone is a cross, ^.
On a flat stone near the door :
Sacred | to the memory of | Margaret Dynely Fowler | widow
of I Joseph Fowler, | formerly of Goltho, | who died on the 13
of April 1816 I aged 71 years, j Also of Mary Ward, spinster, |
her twin sister, | who died on the 26 of Sep. 1815. j Blessed are
the dead which | die in the Lord.
This church is small ; it consists of a nave and chancel, with a
niche for a bell at the west end. In a window of the nave at the
north side are these coats of arms repeated, though they have been
taken out and put in again without order — Gules, six pears, three,
two, and one or. Sable, a bend between three pellets [ALford].
Two crests — One on a torce argent and gules, a demy griffin segreant
gules [Grantham]. The other. On a torce or and gules a boar's
head couped or ; in its mouth a broken spear argent [Alford].
Motto — Comme Dieu Grantit. [Grantham]. Below this inscrip-
tion :
Tho Grantham | Fran. Grantham filius
Monumenta. haec.
(MS xii, 57-68.)
Notes taken in the church, 17 July, 1833 —
On a brown veined marble monument pannelled with white marble,
against the north wall of the chancel, the arms are sculptured
under — Checquy azure and or, a fess ermine. Crest — A salamander
in fire. Motto — " Victrix Fortunae Sapientia " [Calthrop] :
This tablet | is consecrated by filial affection | to the memory
of I John George Calthrop, Esquire, who died March 14,
1815, I aged 65 years. | Also of Ann his wife who died December
24, 1806, I aged 53 years. [ The victory of Jesus Christ over
144 GOSBERTON
Death giveth to their | sorrowing children a sure and certain
hope of being | again united to these beloved and excellent
parents.
In the south transept under an arch the recumbent figures of a
knight with his hands clasped across his breast, in mail, and his
legs crossed ; and the figure of a lady.
On a stone in the nave before the entrance to the chancel :
Here lyeth y* | body of Barbara j the daughter of ] John
and Barbara | Calthrop who | departed this | life October
ye 30, I 1716.
On the same flat stone are also the following :
Here lyeth the [ body of Richard | the son of John | and
Barbara | Calthrop who | departed this | life June y® 2<*, |
1718, I aged 3 years.
Here lieth y^ body | of John y^ son of | John & Barbara |
Calthrop who | departed this | life June y® 16 | 17[18]
(rubbed).
Here lieth the body | of Thomas the son | of John & Barbara |
Calthrop who | departed this | life December y« 14, | 1727.
Also Barbara their daughter an | infant departed this life
ye 11 of March | 1728-9, and is interred here.
On a flat stone north of the preceding :
Here lieth interred the body of | Barbara the wife of Mr J°°
Calthrop | who departed this life the 20 day | of Aprill Anno
D'ni 1729, | in the 33 year of her age. | Also | here lieth interred
the body of | John Calthrop gentleman | who departed this
life the 6 day | of October Annoque Dom. 1740, | in the 50
year of his age.
On a stone further north of the last :
Here lyeth interred the | body of Mary the daught | er of
Mr John Calthrop | and Barbara his wife | deceased who
departed j this life the 10 day | of December Anno D'ni . . . |
aged -15I
On another stone more to the north :
By the remains of his grandfather | here lies the body of |
Richard Calthrop, gent., | who died | on the 17 of April 1762, |
at the age of 38 years. | In the same grave | are two of his
children | and seven more survived him. | His relict, | Mrs
Mary Calthrop, | died on y® 23 of January 1780, | in the 52
year | of her age.
On a stone still more north of the last :
Here lieth the body of Mr | Richard Calthrop who | departed
this life ye 19 day | of January Anno Dom. | 1710, | in
the 53 year of his age. | M8,Ty his wife | ob* 14 Feb.
1693.
GOSBERTON 145
On a stone still further north :
In memory of Martha relict of | Richard Calthrop, gentle-
man, I who was interred the 7th day of May j Annoque Dom.
1719, aged [blank] years. | Also | Elizabeth relict of Hugh
Christopher, | gent., & daughter of R-ichard Calthorp, | gent.,
was interred the 2 day of April | Annoque Dom. 1732, aged
37 years. | And | Anne relict of Mr Natiianiel Garland | and
daughter of Richard Calthorpe, gent., | was interred the 23
day of February [ Annoque Dom. 1739, aged 42 years.
On a flat stone still north of the last with these arms sculptured
at the top — Checquy, azure and argent a fesse ermine [Calthrop] ;
impalmg — Vert, a fess .... charged with three roundles . . .
between a greyhound current in chief, and three [covered cups]
in base [Kelham]. Crest — A salamander in the middle of flames :
Mr Richard Calthrop | of Boston merchant | died | on the
8th of Nov. 1759, | in the 59 year [ of his age | and | is here
interred.
Another flat stone furthest north of the foregoing range :
Here lies the body of | Mr Thomas Calthrop | who died | on
the 25 of July 1761, | in the 58 year | of his age.
On a flat stone at the west end of the nave :
John I the son of | Mr Robert Allen | by Ann his wife ] died
January the 10, 1790, | aged 25 years. | Ann their daughter |
died May the 29, 1779, aged 18 years. | Six other sons and
five daughters | died in their infancy. | Ann | the wife of |
Mr Robert Allen | died July 29, 1790, | aged 53 years.
On a stone near the above :
Robert Allen, gent., | died July y® xi, mdcccv, | in the Lxxn
year of his age.
On another flat stone :
In memory of | Elizabeth iUlen | daughter of Mr Robert
Allen I by Ann his wife | who died Dec. 10, 1795, | in the
nineteenth year of her age.
On another flat stone :
Sacred | to the memory of | Sarah the wife of | Mr John
Willerton | who departed | this transetory life | May 4, ISOS, j
aged XXX vin years.
On a flat stone at the south west end of the nave and under the
pews :
Here | is deposited the body of | Mr Francis Dyson | who
died Octob. [blank] \ mdcclxx, | aged 49.
And on another stone close bj^ :
In memory of | Mr Robert Peach | who departed this hfe |
May 25, 1781, | aged 34 years.
146 GOSBERTON
White marble tablet against the wall to the south of the altar (R) :
In memory of | Squier Calthrop, | formerly of Boston, | a
man of principle, | and one who feared God, | born 4th Jan.
1746, I died 7 Oct. 1827.
A large flat black stone at the entrance to the chancel :
In memory of | Aim daughter of | Daniel & Penelope Allenby |
of London, | who was suddenly taken away | from the tender
endearments | of her disconsolate friends | while on a visit |
at the house of her uncle, | John George Calthrop | of Gosber-
ton, I on the 5th of October 1794, | at the early age of \
seventeen years and ten months. | Sacred to friendship be
this hallowed strain, | Entombed with relatives here Anna
lies, I Angels triumphant swell the heavenly train, | Which
waft her spirit to the distant skies, | Her parents grief was
as their love sincere, | And o'er her urn affection drops a tear.
Upon another close by :
Here lye | Frances & Margaret | daughters of | Tho. Townsend
Vic. and | Anne his wife | ob. 1724, | setat. 1™°.
On a fiat stone in the north transept :
To the memory of | Ann | the wife of | Robert Kemp | who
departed this life October | the 1st, 1798, in the 63 year of
her age. | Also four grandchildren died in their infancy, j
Robert Kemp | departed this life July 5th, | 1817, | in the
84th year of his age.
Another to the north of the last :
To the memory of | Robert Kemp | who died Oct. 12, 1817, |
aged 50 years.
A grey and white marble monument against the south side of the
arch from the nave ; arms below — Chequy azure and or, a fesse
ermine [Calthrop] ; impahng — Argent, a chevron ermine between
three talbots passant sable [? for Dobbs]. Crest — On a torce
gules and argent, a salamander in a flame of fire proper. Inscription
in capitals :
In a vault | at the foot of this pillar | are deposited the remains
of I John Calthrop, m.a., | vicar of Kirton xl years, | vicar
of Boston XXXIX years, | a prebendary of the Cathedral
church I of Lincoln, | a representative of the clergy of this |
diocese in convocation, A.D. mdcclxxiv, | and an acting
magistrate for these parts | xxi years. | Having filled these
several stations | ably, and honorably, and discharged | all
his relative duties faithfully, | he departed this life | to receive,
as we trust, in another | through the merits of his Saviour, |
an abundant recompense of his labours, | xvii May A.D.
MDCCLXXxv, setat. lxvi. | In the same vault are deposited
the remains of | Mary Calthrop his relict | who died xvii Jan.
A.D. MDCcc, setat. lxxvii.
GOSBERTON 147
On a flat stone in the nave :
Squier Calthrop | died Ocf. 7, 1827, | aged 81 years.
Upon another to the west of the last :
Here lies | Francis Eastland | of this parish, gent., | who died
July 16, 1804, I aged 69. | Mors Christi vita mihi. | Here lies
deposited | all that was mortal of | Mrs Anne Eastland wife
of I Francis Eastland | of this parish, gent., | who departed
this life I the 19 Octob^ 1797, aged 50 years. | If e'er lost
worth could claim a sigh sincere, | Stay passenger and pay
that tribute here. | Here flourished once whilst heaven did
life impart | A soul seraphic and the purest heart. | From
wisdom's sacred fount she largely drew | Knowledge divine,
and practised what she knew. | To all alike her friendly help
displayed. | Where pity prompted charity obeyed. | Such
was her wealth whate'er was wanting here | Is now completed
in a happier sphere.
A tablet against the wall on the east side of the south door in
capitals (R) :
In memory of | John Robinson, ( born March 9, 1748, died
May 17, 1821, | and of Mary his relict daughter of the late |
Dinham Atkinson of Horncastle, | bom June 2^, 1754, died
June 27, 1822. | They lived respected and they died lamented.
A similar one on the west side of the same door, also in capitals :
In memory of | Robert Robinson | bom June 21, 1749, died
April 17th, 1790. | And of Rebecca his relict, | daughter of
the late | Rev's John Tatam vicar of Whaplode, | bom October
31st, 1750, died November 12, 1810. | Also of Robert their
eldest son | born August 30, 1782, died March 31, 1803, | and
of two children who died in their infancy.
On a flat stone near the north door :
Elizabeth | daughter of John | and Sarah Willerton | died
June 27, 1823, | aged 26 years. | In memory of Miss Elizabeth
Willerton | who departed this life | on the 18*^ day of March
1795, I in the 38th year of | her age.
On another more to the south :
Sacred | to the memory of | John Willerton | who departed
this life I January 18th, 1822, | aged 57 years.
In the south transept is affixed a table of Benefactions (D) of which
the following is an abstract :
Mr John Burton gave 3 acres 3 roods in Surfleet abutting on
Henry Herons, Esq., for the poor of Surfleet and Gosberton.
Anthony Death gave 2 acres 2 roods for the poor of Gosberton.
Lord Tyrconnell gave 10^. to the minister to preach on
Ascension day, a black gown on St Luke's day for the
poorest man in Gosberton, & 2^ m white bread on St
Thomas day.
148 GOSBERTON
Sir C. Montague, kt, gave 3 acres to the poor of Gosberton.
John Calvary gave 1 acre near Henry Heron's to the poor
of Gosberton.
Ann Martin of Wigtoft gave 10^. per an. to ditto.
John Horn of Linn gave £20 with £5 more from the parish
which purchased 1 acre 2 roods.
Henry Harvey gave 12^. per an., 10^. on St Thomas day
for service, & 2^. to buy 12 penny loave on Christmas day
for 12 poor widows.
John Shaw of Gosberton in 1614 gave £3 P. for coals to be
bought at Midsummer and sold to the poor.
Thomas Read of Gosberton in 1616 gave £2 for coals.
Mr Will. Lacy gave 2 roods of land for proceeds to be dis-
tributed on Candlemas day.
Richard Calthrop, Martha Calthrop, & John Calthrop gave
1 acre of an estate in Quadring to produce 10^. for the
vicar for preaching a Commemoration sermon yearly on
the death of Richard Calthrop, and the rest to be given
in white bread to the poor.
Mr Henry Cawood gave to the poor of Gosberton 6 acres &
1 rood in Quadring, the rent to be disposed of as follows —
a blue gown to be given to the poorest man in Gosberton
on the 1^*^ Nov^ yearly, & the rest to be laid out in white
bread for the poor on Easter Monday ; also 4 tenements
for widows ; also the interest of £10 to be paid to the
minister of Gosberton to preach a sermon on his funeral
day for ever.
William Lambert gave 20^. yearly for ever to Gosberton,
charged on lands of William Taylor being in Gosberton
to be paid on St Thomas day.
John Runton gave £10 to Gosberton, the interest to be laid
out in white bread to be given on P* of Feb. for ever.
Mr John Pell gave an acre & a rood for ever to Gosberton,
lying in Gosberton, the rent to be given every Good
Friday.
Mr John Wright gave to Gosberton yearly 20^. for ever, to
be paid from y® farm in tenure of Will. Smith in Gosberton,
or any other of his lands, to buy white bread to give on
Candlemas day for ever, & if it is not paid the feoffees
may distress.
Mr Edw. Cawood gave to Gosberton a rent charge of 30^. per
an. on 17 acres of ground called John of Cheales on Michael-
mas day for ever, also 20^. payable out of a messuage &c.
on Michaelmas day. Also 20^. on Michaelmas day for
these uses, a blew gown to the poorest man in Gosberton
annually on y^ 5th Nov., & the rest to be spent in white
bread on Candlemas day & the day on which his funeral
GOXHILL 149
shall happen, & on Whit Monday. Also 10^. a year of
14 acres belonging to G. Theed, Esq., for a sermon to be
preached on his funeral day for ever.
The church is large and very handsome. It consists of a nave
divided from the two aisles by four fine pointed arches. There
is a transept with fine windows. The west window is very large,
of the perpendicular style of architecture. There is a fine tower,
and crocketted spire at the intersection.
In Dodsworth MSS. 45, fol. 686, is the following :
In Eccl'ia de Gosberkirke in com. Line.
Hie jacet Nicholas de Rye miles et Edmundus filius ejus
pro quorum awimabus propicietur Deus. Tumulus alabastrinus
cum effigie, super pectus a \ bend et in fenestra australi
Nicolaus Rye Margareta uxor eius Cecilia mater eius me
fieri fecerunt in honorem b'ae Marie.
In Insula Australi :
Orate pro awima Joh'is Bole et Catharine consortis sue Thome
Edmund et Juliane consortis sue Will'm Flouter et Agnetis
consortis sue Will, de C[elle et] Jo. consortis sue et pro
fra^ribus et sororibus gildse Johannis Baptiste qui istam
fenestram fieri fecerunt Ano D'ni 1465.
[See also L.R.S. i, 172-3 ; Churches of Holland ; Kaye, History
of Oosberton, pp. 78-90.]
(MS i, 139-157.)
Notes taken in the church, 31 August 1835 — Many of the inscrip-
tions, viz. those of Wentworth and Skinner, have been already
taken in the Gentleman'' s Magazine, 1797, part ii, p. 913. It would
therefore be useless to repeat them, but some also have been omit-
ted that relate to families of respectability.
On a black stone in the chancel within the altar rails (R) :
Here lyeth the body of | John Sandes of Goxhill, gent., | who
married the daughter | of Robert Middlemore, Esq., | and
had issue by her 5 sonnes, | Robert, John, Edward, George, |
and Will., and 3 daughters, | Elizabeth, Ann, & Dorathy. |
He dyed the 21 day of | December in y^ year of our | Lord
1664, being the 74 | yeare of his age.
On a stone next to it (R) :
Here lyeth the bo | dyes of John | and Robert Sandes sonnes |
of Mr Robert Sandes | and Anne his wife | 1669,
On a black stone in the chancel (R) :
In memory of | William Hildyard, Esq., of | Grimsby, who
died the 2^^ of | December 1781, aged 67 years. | Also Frances
reUct of the above | William Hildyard who died | the 25 of
150 GOXHILL
April 1811, aged 77 years. | Also of Charlotta the daughter ]
of William & Frances Hildyard. | She died the 21 of March
1782, I in the 14 year of her age.
On a stone next to the last (D) :
Here lyes | interred the body of Henry | Hildyard of Goxhill,
Esq., he ] departed this life the 16 | of September 1722, | aged
38 years. | Here lyes also Mary | his only daughter who | was
enterred Feb. 21, | in y^ year of our Lord | 1710.
On another stone more to the west (R) :
In memory of | W™ Markham, Esq., | of Barton upon | Humber
who departed | this life Nov^" y^ 10, | 1780, in the 71 year |
of his age.
A stone monument, partly painted, against the north wall of the
chancel : there is a coat of arms underneath — A bend papillionis,
and over the shield an arrow and human bone saltierwise :
Near | this place lies interred | the body of | Mary Ann Pear-
son I daughter of John & Ann Pearson, | she died Dec. 4,
1800, I aged 15 years. | How happy is the child of grace |
Who knows her sins forgiven | This earth she cries is not my
place I I'd rather go to Heaven. | Also the body of Ann
Pearson | their daughter | who died in her infancy.
On a white marble tablet against the wall of the south aisle :
Nigh this place | lieth interred the body | of Mr Thomas Wyer
who I departed this life May the 2^, | 1787, aged 40 years. |
His Hands while they his alms bestowed | His Glory's future
harvest sowed | The sweet remembrance of the just | Shall
flourish when he sleeps in dust. | In the same vault are interred
the remains | of Mary Ann daughter of the said Mr | Thomas
Wyer and Ann his wife, she | dyed the 24 of October 1800,
in the 16 | year of her age. | Like some fair flower the early
spring supplies | That gaily blooms yet e'en in blooming
dies.
[See also Lines. N. db Q. x, 207-9.]
(MS vi, 135-139.)
(grainsibp
Notes taken in the church, August 25, 1835 — This church, which
was rebuilt about a year ago, is a small building consisting of a
nave and chancel, between which is an old screen, and a tower at
the west end, in which are three bells, and a south porch. The
font is a plain round one. The church does not contain a single
monumental inscription.
[See also Lines. N. <fc Q. x, 209.]
(MS vi, 189.)1
GREATFORD 151
(^reatforb
Notes taken in the church, 16 July, 1833 —
A marble tablet on the south wall of the chancel (R), with these
arms under — Argent, a chevron between three crescents sable [for
Lafargue] :
Hie jacet | Petrus Lafargue | Stamfordise in comitatu
Lincolniensi | clericus, | obiit die Martii 16, Ann. Dom. 1804, |
qui I Riorum resurrectionem expectans | Deo onmipotenti |
spiritum reddidit | sperans | vitae mercedem honesties | privatae
quidem | sed non minus mansuetudine et liberalitate | tarn
erga proximos quam suos | abundantis.
On a marble tablet next the last (R) :
Near this place | are deposited | the remains of | William
Roden | who died April 15, 1810, aged 65 years. | Also of
Ann Roden his wife | who died Oct. 6, 1805, aged 57 years. |
To perpetuate the memory of the | best of parents j this
tablet is erected | by their affectionate children, | William,
John, & Thomas.
On a stone in the chancel this inscription in an oval (D) :
Sacred to the memory of | Mrs Willis wife of the | Rev. Thomas
WiUis I July 6, 1784, | aged 23.
On an oval in a stone, close to the above (D) :
July 10, 1783, I sacred to the memory | of | one of the best
of men | who was possessed of every virtue | which adorns
human nature.
On a stone in the middle aisle (D) :
In memory | of y® | Rev. D. Myers | ob* Dec. 2, a.d. | 1780, |
Ann. setat. 31.
On a stone adjoining (D) :
Ann I daughter of the Rev. | Mr D. Myers & Ann | his wife
was buried under | this stone May the | 30, 17.8, aged
4 I years.
On a stone still more to the west (D) :
In I memory of | Barbara Duncombe | who died Oct. 21,
1801, I aged 16 years.
Another flat stone in the centre of the church (D) :
In memory of | Edward Thompson | who departed this life |
the 21 of January 1732, | in the 55 year of his age.
On another flat stone near the above (D) :
Here lies interred | the body of Mary Pearce | widow and
relict of | Thomas Pearce, Esq., | formerly of Abingdon
Street, | Westminster, | who departed this life the 17 of
Dec. 1794, in the | sixtieth year of her age.
152 GREATFORD
In the porch on a stone fixed against the north wall :
Here Heth the body | of Robert Bonner dece | ased March
the ' heth ' | Anno Do. 1661.
On a stone close to the above against the wall of the porch also :
Near this place | lyeth inter*^ y^ body | of Elizabeth y^ wife |
of Robert Bonner | who departed this j life May y^ 9, 1709.
In a transept chapel with the lower part of the stone covered by
the pews (D) :
Near this place | lye the remains of | Francis Browne, Esq., |
who departed this life [ August y® 18, 1751.
On a stone close to the above (D) :
Here lieth the body of | Edward Browne, Esq., who | departed
this life May y® | 15, 1713, | in the 72 year of his age. ] Honestys
best. (The rest covered by the pew.)
On a stone next to the preceding (D) :
Here lyeth the body of | Elizabeth y^ wife of | Edward Browne
of I Greatford in y® county of | Lincolne, Esq., who depar- |
ted this life y^ third of May 1701.
On a stone adjoining :
In memory of ] Susan Layng | daughter of the late | Rev.
Peter Lajmg, | m.a., rector of Everdon | and Farthingston
in the | county of Northampton, | she died in this parish |
April the [9th, i803].
At the east end of chapel or north transept is a handsome monument
of white marble, with the bust above of a man, ornamented with
books. It was sculptured by Nollekens : in capitals :
Sacred to the memory of | the Rev^ Francis Willis, m.d., |
who died on the 5th of December 1807, | in the 90th year of
his age. | He was the third son of the Rev'^ John Willis of
Lincoln, | a descendant of an ancient family of the same
name | that resided formerly at Fenny Compton in Warwick-
shire. I He studied at Oxford, was fellow & some time
vice-principal | of Brazen-Nose College where, in obedience to
his father, | he entered into Holy Orders, | but pursuing the
bent of his natural taste & inclination | he took the degree
of Doctor of Physic | in the same University | and continued
the practice of the profession | to the last hour of his life. |
By his first wife Mary, | the youngest [daughter] of the Rev<*
John Curtois | of Branston in this county, j he had five sons
who survived him. | By his second wife he had no issue. |
Initiated early in the habits of observation & research, | he
attained the highest eminence in his profession, | and was
happily the chief agent in removing the malady | which
affiicted his present Majesty in the year 1789. | On that
occasion he displayed | an energy and acuteness of mind |
GREETWELL 153
which excited the admiration & procured for him | the esteem
of the nation. | The kindness & benevolence of his disposition |
were testified by the tears and lamentations | which followed
him to the grave.
On another close by against the same wall, with an urn at the top,
by the same sculptor and in capitals :
Sacred to the memory of | Mary | the youngest daughter of
the Rev. John Curtois | of Branston in this coimty. | She
married the Rev. Francis Willis, m.d., in 1749, | and was
the mother of five children, | Francis, John, Thomas, Richard,
& Robert Darling, | she died on the 17th of April 1797, | in
the 73 year of her age. | Her manners were gentle and
unassuming | and her whole life was worthy of imitation.
On a small marble slab between the two :
These monuments | were erected by the surviving sons, | a
pious testimony j of their affectionate regard & esteem | for
the memory | of their revered and much honoured parents.
The arms on a black slab above — A chevron . . . between three
mullets [Willis] ; impaling — Paly a fesse checquy [for Curtois].
Crest — A mullet within an annulet. Motto : Integrity.
On a black stone at the entrance of this chapel :
Mary Maria Millington | wife of Langford Millington, Esq., |
of Bemers Street, London, and | Rushford Lodge, Suffolk, j
She was one of the daughters | of the late Thomas Warren,
Esq., I special pleader of the Inner Temple ; | she died 24
May 1801.
There was an old octagon font.
[See also G.M., 1862, part ii, 737.]
(MS i, 107-115.)
(^reettrjell
Notes taken in the church, 6 August, 1833 —
On a black stone within the altar rails with these arms over —
Three crescents, a canton ermine [Daly son] :
Here lyeth Robert Dalyson | of Greetwell in the countie | of
Lincoln, gent, the second sonn of | William Dalyson, one
of the I Justices of the Kinges Bench | in the time of Queene
Mary, w^'^ | Will' was second sonne to Will' | Dalyson of
Laughton in ye said | countie, esq. and ye said Robert | died
the 25 day of Aprill in the | yeare of our Lord 1620.
On a flat stone in the chancel adjoining the last (D) :
John Bullen, gent., | obiit July 4"^, 1800, | aged 33 years.
A small flat stone also within the chancel rails (D) :
Conradt Week Lely | the youngest son | of Rich. Lely, esq.
154 GREETWELL
There are some old stones with bits of inscription round the edge,
but quite broken up, and there is a black stone with white letters,
but now almost entirely obliterated.
On a white stone fixed into the south wall of the chancel (R) :
H. E. I Anna Lavinia Lely | Rich. Lely Ar. | filia | Natu 2^^ \
Ipsissima (pene dixeram) venustas | Ob. x^^^^ die 21, 1733,
set. Ao 5*0. I Snatched from my ravished eyes becalmed to
rest I Here sleeps the lovely Fondling of my breast | Just
shewn the world but destined not to stay | Her reason's dawn
dififused too bright a ray | Perfection's bloom see, see ! she
wings her flight | A radiant Angel to the realms of light |
Heaven claims the pretty charmer. Heaven she's thine, j
This tear no more — and patient I resign. | Scripsit | posuitque
Pater | saxum.
A grey tablet against the north wall of the chancel (R) :
Tranquille admodum | hie juxta obdormiscit | Rebecca | Ricardi
Lely arm. | Petri Lely Equitis | Car. ii Pictoris | Nepotis
natu maximi. ] tenella pars | et oniatior longe | et exoptatis-
sima. I vixit | ut moritura : | at si plura forsan desiderentur, |
Plura fari | Facundiores vetant lachrymse. | Humanioribus vitse
hujus muneribus | gaudiis suspiriisque querulis | supremum
vale I dixit | Januarii die 3° a.d. 1734, setat. A^ 32. | Gone ?
Gone ? that thought stabs home, pale speechless dear, |
Death stole thee gently though he could not spare. | Midst
white-robed Saints, all Rapture ! may we meet, | Empyreal
bliss ! from whence there's no retreat. | Oh we have loved !
sweet dream of fondness past, | Sighs now succeed and I have
smiled my last ! | Lapidem devovit | Epigraphen excogitavit |
conjux I hand integer | superstes.
A flat blue stone (D) in the nave with two shields or arms over — 1st
. . . three crescents ... a canton ermine [Dalyson] ; 2nd, ....
two lions passant [for Littlebury]. Inscription in capitals (D) :
Here lyeth S^ Thomas Dalyson of | Greetwell in the county
of Lincoln, | knt, third son of Will™ Dalyson, esq., | one of
the Justices of the King's Bench | in y® time of Queen Mary,
^ch William | was second son of Will"* Dalyson | of Laughton
in y* said county, esq. | Here also lyeth Dame Anne, wife |
of y^ said S^ Thomas one of 5^ daughters of Humphrey Little-
bury I of Stansby in ye county aforesaid, j esq., w^^ Thomas
dyed y^ 20*^ | of March in ye yeare of our | Lord 1625, and
ye said Anne | dyed ye 9 of May following, they | had between
them .... children | whereof two were daughters. | They
left alive their | eldest son George Charles & Martha.
This church is small, consisting only of a nave and chancel, and
a tower at the west end. The font is curious.
(MS iii, 143-148.)
HACONBY 155
Notes taken in the church, 11 July, 1839 — This church is small,
consisting only of a nave with a south aisle, south porch, chancel,
and tower at the west end. The aisle is divided from the nave
by two Perpendicular arches with octagonal piers. The chancel,
which is entered by a Norman arch, has two small lancet windows
set deep in the wall, and a square east window of a modem date.
The arch entering the tower is four-centred, with massy round
piers having plain capitals ; and the tower itself is very thick,
the two lower stages, apparentl}^ Norman, having two small windows
of that period, and the upper storey decorated, of no beauty. It
contains two bells. The few windows in the church are perpendicular,
of which character is also the porch, the inner door of which is
square headed, having quatrefoyles in the spandrils of the arch.
The font is a plain octagon. The church is neatly kept.
On a flat stone in the chancel in capitals :
Rebecca Baseley | Oct^ 7th, | 1716. | James Percival | died
Feby 7, 1757, | aged [66].
Another to the south of the last, also in capitals (D) :
Carolus Baseley a.m. | Hujus ecclesise Rector j obiit 4° die
Octobris. ^ Domini 1731.
^^^° 1 setatis suae 65.
Another stone more to the west :
Here lieth the body | of Catharine the wife of | James Percivall |
and daughter of | Charles & Susannah Beaslev [ who died
Sept. 17, I 1771, I aged 75.
[In the chancel :
Reliquiae Rich. Charles, Art. Mag. ob. Nov. 5th, 1690.
Susanna uxor primo Richardi Charles, deinde Caroli Baseley,
A.M. ob. 6th May 1729.
[See also L.E.S. i, 220.]
(MS ix, 187-189.)
Jlaconljp
Notes taken in the church of Hacconby, 27 July, 1833 —
On a flat stone at the west end of the nave much defaced (D) :
Susanna Coning[ton] | of Leake | departed this . . . | . . .
Jan. 8, 1714.
Just before the altar is an old stone but so defaced now as to be
almost illegible. The following appears to be part. It is in very
old character (D) :
de . . . VII. Joh'is de Thorp | propitie-
tur. An : D : mcccc : xxiiii
156 HACONBY
In the schoolroom, which was once a chapel north of the chancel,
is an old stone with the following inscription in the south wall (R) :
An Epitaphe on | Invested with white robes a priest divine |
One who in doctrine and in life did shine | He was to all a
patteme of true love | Now is posses 'd with blise in Heaven
above | Alas my brother oh ! his glories great | Unvalued
pleasents with a windeing sheet | Delights immortal spring
where mortal ends | Lament we not o're much who be his
friends | In faith he lived unwearied of his paines | Eternal
joyes in Death scene are his gaines. | Our faithful | Steward
deceased Sbns 3
The schoolmaster says the date was originally 1510,^ but broken
off in moving the stone. It will be perceived that the verses form
an acrostic of John Audlie.
A black tablet against the north wall of the chancel (R) :
Augustus Henry Hopkinson | bom 20 June 1798, died 10 Oct.
1801. I Tho' cut off as a rose in the morning | Tho' his years
were as a shadow | Which passeth away his memory | Smelleth
sweet for ever.
A wooden tablet over the north door of the chancel sets forth that
Henry Fryer, Esq., of Stamford Baron Northamptonsh: bequeathed
by will, dated 10 Jan. 1828, £30, the interest to be distributed in
meat about Xmas annually for ever amongst the poor at Stainfield,
at the discretion of the minister of Morton (D).
The church consists of a nave, and two aisles resting on three
pointed arches, a chancel, and south aisle now used as a school.
At the west end is a handsome tower and spire, the windows of
the latter have crocketted canopies ending in a finial. At each
angle is a pinnacle crocketted. Over the gable at the east end of
the nave is a curious old cross. In the chancel is a very ancient
chest adorned with carved work worthy of attention.
[See also L.R.S. i, 195.]
(MS ii, 211-213.)
Note
^ John Audley became vicar in 1631.
?|ainton
Notes taken in the church, 12 August, 1833 —
On an altar monument, on the north side of the chancel, these
shields of arms — First shield : 1st and 4th, Or, a greyhound current
between three leopards' heads cabossed sable, in a border gules
[Heneage] ; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three garbs or [Preston]. Second
shield : the same, impaling — Argent, three bars gules, in chief
a greyhound current sable [Skipwith]. Under, is the figure inj
HAINTON 157
brass of a man kneeling, but the head is gone ; there is this label
however left, which issued from his mouth — ' Pater dc celis dew-s
miserere nobis '. On his tabard are the quarterings above given.
Opposite, is the figure in brass of a woman with the arms impaled
in the second shield on her cloak ; and this label from her mouth —
' Jh'u redemtor mundi deus miserere nobis '. Behind her, is the
figure, also in brass, of her daughter with the Heneage quarterings
on her gown. The inscription is as follows in old character :
Here under lieth Sir Thomas Henneage, knight chief gentil-
maw of the prevey Chamber to y^ | kinge of famous memorye
King Henry th' eight sonne & heyre of John Henneage Esq. |
who maried Kateryne daughter of Sir John Skipwith knight
whiche Sir Thomas and Kate | ryne had isshu Elizabeth
nowe being wyffe to the right honourable the Lorde
Willoughbye | of Parliam the said Sir Thomas Henneage
departed this liffe the xxi^^ daye of August in the | yere of
our Lorde God MCCCCCLnj uppon whose soule Jh'u haue
mercy Amen.
An elegant marble monument against the north wall of the chancel,
an urn below, round wliich five young children are grouped
decorating it with garlands and in attitudes of grief. Above is
the figure of a female emerging from clouds and borne up by two
cherubs. The inscription is at the base :
This Monument is erected | by G. R. Heneage Esq''^ of
Hainton-Hall, Lincolnshire | to the memory of his deceased
Wife, I Frances Anne | second Daughter of the late Gen^
Ainslie ; | as a mark of his affection and respect. | She was
bom October 12tii 1781 | died March 12*^, 1807 ; | leaving
Issue I Georgina Eleanor, George Fieschi, | Edward, Frances
Anne, | Catherine.
A handsome grey marble monument against the east wall of the
north chapel (R), consisting of an arch supported by Corinthian
pilasters. The arms are nearly effaced, but supposed to be
Heneage ; impalmg — Or, [a fesse] between three wolves' heads
erazed proper [for Hunloke]. Li the centre is the bust of a gentle-
man as large as life, and below the two busts of his wives. This
inscription is under the male bust :
This monument is erected to the memory of George Heneage, |
Esq*" whose remains are laid in the vault within this chapel |
being the repository of the ashes of his ancestors for many
centurys | He was a person of strict justice and un blemish 'd
integrity, | an indulgent father, a tender husband, and a
constant true friend. | His conversation was easy, agreable
and innocent, his wit hvely, | and his judgement sound,
improv'd and enlarg'd by a generous | education, a perfect
knowledge of mankind, and of the manners j of the politest
countrys in Europe, he had a natural candour [ and sweetness
158 HAINTON
of temper which incUn'd him to compassionate the | poor
and distress 'd, and which made his charity always both | large
and extensive. He deserv d well of, being a friend to all |
mankind and dy'd much valu'd and lamented Dec'" 31 :
1731 I aged 57.
Underneath is the following :
Praesentat Tibi hoc Marmor | non fictas vanasque defmic-
torum imagines, media enim | quam hie suspicis effigies
sublimi fronte venustaque oris | dignitate insignis in lucem
revocat (quantum ars potuit) | Georgium Heneage Arm'
e vetusta illustrique Heneagio- j rum stirpe ortum qui in hoc
sacrario inter majores | antiqui nominis magnseque famae
viros, cineres suos | requiescere voluit. Qualis erat, dum
vixit, si fama tace- j ret hoc saxum paucis eloquatur : inerat
illi morum | simplicitas pietate institutisque Christianse
disciplinae j condita : inerat comitas felicitate ingenii ornata
cum I tristi severitate tum levitate impudica seque abhorrens |
Justitiam et integritatem pras ceteris virtutibus maxime |
semper coluit, a simulata fide fucataque virtutis specie j
aversissimus adeo ut nun quam non maluit esse, | quam
videri, bonus. Amplam rem sibi a patribus deductam | non
illecebris ingluvieq?/e mala strinxit, hac bene | meritos
muneravit, inopes sustentavit : titulos & honores | non
ambivit, antiquitate generis, gloria Majorum propriisqjie |
virtutibus satis nobilitatus. Sic vitam instituens | (quod
rara est felicitas) otium optabile, minime vero aut | sibi aut
aliis inutile cum dignitate consecutus est. | Diem supremum
obiit bonis omnibus valde desideratus | prid. kal. Jan'rii
Annos natus lvii, | mdccxxxio
And between these two previous inscriptions are these lines :
Quorum animabus | propitietur deus Amen.
On the north of the monument is a tablet with this inscription :
On his right hand is placd the effigies of his first | wife Mary,
the only daughter and heiress of the | Rt Hon^^^ WilHam
Lord Petre, Baron of Writtle | in the county of Essex, a lady
of uncommon merit & | great beauty, humble pious & Charit-
able, adomd with | all those accomplishments which became
a person of | her birth and fortune, as well as those priuate
vertues | which were requir'd in a wife and parent. She
dj-'d June j 4*'! 1704, and is buried in the vault within this
Chapel. He | had Issue by her, George Heneage ; William |
who dy'd an infant, and Mary Bridget who dy'd | and was
buried at Pontoise in the year 1717, Aged 14.
On the south of the monument is another tablet, with the following
inscription :
On his left Stands the Busto of his Second Wife, Ehzabeth |
daughter of S'' Henry Hunloke of Wingerworth in the | county
HAINTON 159
of Derby, Baron*, by Catharine the sole daughter | and heiress
of Francis Tyrwhit of Kettleby in the | county of Lincoln,
Esq. This lady the truly moumfull | relict of her deceased
husband desired (tho' yet living) | that her effigies might
be placed by his, as a token of her | Conjugal Affection. She
was a faithful obHging and | obedient wife, and received for
twenty six years | the deserved return of her late husband's
most constant | and tender affection. She had issue by him
six sons I and three daughters, all now living, except Ursula |
the second daughter who dy'd an infant and was bury'd j
within this chapel. | She died July S'^ 1735.
In the north chapel are two stones, small, bearing the following
inscriptions on them in church text :
Hie iacet Henrie Martyn cuius a.nime propiciet?<r Deus
Amen.
Hie iacet dominus \ Will' Maltbi | | cuius anime
propicietitr Deus Amen.
On a brass plate in the floor of the north chapel, having above
it the figures of a man in gown with loose sleeves, and a lady
in a long gown and square cap, a shield of arms over, but now
gone :
Hie jacet Joh'es Henege et Alicia uxor eius qui obiit xxn
die mensis Septembris anno D'ni mill'imo ccccxxxv, cuuis
anime propicietur Deus Amen.
Against the north wall of the chapel is an altar tomb on which
are now placed two old helmets and some other pieces and frag-
ments of armour.
Above on a brass plate in the wall is this inscription in old
character :
Hie jacet Joh'es Hennage Armig. et Katerina uxor eius | qui
quidem Joh'es obiit ult. die mensis Marcij A° D'ni m^ | ccccco
xxxo quorwm ammabws propicietur Deus Amen.
On the west side of the chapel is a very fine monument of white
stone. In a recess formed by two fluted Ionic pillars is the figure
of a man in armour, bareheaded, with a ruff and peaked beard,
kneeling on a cushion before an altar, on which is a book. His
ladj^ is opposite him, kneeling in a similar recess, and dressed in a
long gown and ruff. On the pediment above are three shields of
arms. In the middle one — Quarterly, 1st, Or, a greyhound current
sable between three leopards' faces azure, a border engrailed gules
[Heneage] ; 2nd, Gules, three garbs or [Preston] ; 3rd, Argent,
two bars and a canton gules [Buckton] ; 4th, Gules, a crosse flory
between four trefoils or. Crest — On a torce or and gules, a grey-
hound current sable [Heneage]. On the south side, the four
quarters just mentioned ; impaling — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Vert,
on a fess argent a boar passant sable [Cope] ; 2nd and 3rd, Argent,
160 HAINTON
a cross botony sable. On the north side, this last impalement
alone. Below the figures this inscription, in capitals, in two
columns :
(1) Here lyeth John He?meage | late of Haynton Esquier
& I Anne his wife y« daughter & | Heyre of John Cope of
Hel- I meden in y* countie of Norht : | Esquier 1 1 (2) w'ch
John Hemieage died y^ last | of July 1559 & y« said Anne j
y« 5 of February 1587, & had j issue betwixt them Uving
at I theire death, George, John, & | William, Katharine & Mary.
Below are two shields of arms — (1), Heneage ; impaling — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, three garbs or [Preston] ; 2nd, Argent, two bars and
a canton gules [Buckton] ; 3rd, Gules, a cross flory between four
trefoils or. (2), the four quarters of Heneage ; impaling —
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Azure, a lion rampant argent [Wymbish] ;
2nd and 3rd, Argent, three cinquefoils gules [Darcy]. On the
south side is a shield much defaced, but the bearings appear to
be the four quarters of Heneage, impaling the boar on a fesse and
the cross botony. In the centre of the chapel is a beautiful altar
tomb of marble, which has been coloured, on which is the recumbent
figure of a knight in plate armour, much ornamented and damasked
with gold, bareheaded, Ijing on a mat, his head on a cushion, and
at his feet his crest, a greyhound courant sable on a torce or and
gules [Heneage]. His hair and beard are black, and his hands
are clasped over his breast in prayer, his sword is gone. At the
base of the tomb on the south side are two shields of arms — (1) the
four quarterings of Heneage with the addition of these two — 5th,
Vert, on a fess argent a boar passant azure [Cope] ; 6th, Argent,
a cross botony sable ; impaling — Quarterly'-, 1st, Argent three
cinquefoils gules [Southwell] ; 2nd and 3rd, Quarterly, i and
iv. Azure, on a fesse between two chevrons sable three crescents
argent [? Tendring] ; ii and iii, Or, a chevron between ten
crosslets gules [Holbrook] ; 4th, Ermine, two annulets interlaced
sable, on a chief of the last three crosses patee argent [Wyching-
ham]. (2) The other sliield is the four first quarters of Heneage ;
impaling — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sable, a lion rampant argent
[Wymbish] ; 2nd and 3rd, Argent, three cinquefoils gules, seeded or
[Darcy]. On a black slab between the two shields in gold capitals —
Georgius Henneage miles Thomse | H. militis a fratre nepos
et haeres | masculus : defuncta uxore Eliza- | betha unica
filia et herede | Ricardi Southwell militis : iterum j nuptus
est Olive Brittonie sed | nulla suscepta prole, avitas | Sedes
Hajmtoniens : sibi jure | hereditario devolutas, ger- jmano
fratri Gulielmo H: | armigero reliquit moriens | 16 die Octobris
A° Christi I salvatoris 1595 et setatis | suae 74 ipse charus
chariss : | infensis dum vixit infestus. j hie tandem annis
morboque | exhaustus corpore correpsit in | terram ut anima
subvolaret in caelos.
M
H
HAINTON 161
On the north side are two shields, (1) the four quarters of Heneage ;
impaling— the second two last quarters. (2) the six quarters ;
impaUng — Quarterly of six, 1st & 6th, Quarterly, Per fesse indented
argent and gules, in the first quarter a mullet sable [Bretton] ; 2nd,
Argent, a chevron between three eagles' legs erazed sable [Yer-
mouth] ; 3rd, Gules, two lions passant guardant argent, crowned
or [Felton] ; 4th, Argent, on a chief gules four lozenges conjoined
or [Charles] ; 5th, Azure, on a fesse between two chevrons sable
three crescents argent [for Gerbridge]. On a black slab between
ye two shields, in gold capitals :
S^ George Henneage of Haynton | knight sonne & heire of
John I H: Esquier & of Anne his wife | y® onely daughter &
heire of | John Coope of Helraeden in | y^ countie of North 't'
Esquier : | twice maried yet dying with | out issue y^ 16 day
of Oct- ! ober in y* 37 yere of y^ | happy raigne of Q : Eliza-
beth I lieth here buried whereby | holdinge his heavenly
he left I his earthly inheritance unto | Will'm H : no we of
Haynton | Esquier his natural! | brother & heire | maile.
At the south side of the chapel is a splendid monument of marble.
In a recess before an altar, on which is a cloth fringed with gold,
is the kneehng figure of a man bareheaded with a faUing collar
on a cushion ; opposite him are his two wives dressed in ruffs and
long gowns, one with a stomacher, and each having a long veil
fastened round the head with a fillet of gold. The altar is inscribed,
' Deus propitius esto | michi peccatori Luc. 18. 13 | Jesu fill David
Miserere Mei | Luc. 18. 38.' Before the man is a book inscribed
in capitals, ' Miserere mei | Deus secundum magnam misericor | diam
tuam et secun | dujn multitudinem miserationum | tuarum Dele
iniquitatem meam, Ps. 51. 1.' Before the woman, ' Adjuva nos Deus
salutaris noster et propter gloriam nominis | tui Domine hbera |
nos et propitius esto peccatis nostris propter nomen tuum Psal.
79. 9.'
On the pediment are the arms, six quarters, of Heneage, their
crest, and over the crest on a pedestal is the figure of an angel
with gold wings ; the pedestal inscribed in capitals, ' JSurgite mortui
venite ad judicium.'
At the east comer is a representation of Adam and Eve before
the tree of knowledge, and below, ' Sicut m Adam omnes morimitur
ita in Christo omnes vivificabuntur 1 Cor. 15, 22.' At the west
comer the Resurrection ; and below, ' Ubi tua 0 mors Victo | ria
Ubi tuus O Sepul | chrum stimulus 1 Cor. 15.' On the east pillaster
of the recess is a lamp burning, below written, ' Post tenebras |
spero lucem '. On the west is an hour glass. In the recess over
the man are these arms — the six quarters of Heneage ; impalmg —
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, a fleur de Us sable [Fishboume] ;
2nd and 3rd, Or, on a bend [wavy] azure three fish naiant
argent.
162 HAINTON
Over the woman the impalement just mentioned. Above the
figures this inscription in capitals in two columns :
(1) Peccatum tua Mors Mors XPI, | Psena Gehennse, judicium,
vita tibi | sunt hsec sex memoranda | (2) Omnia, transibunt,
nos ibimus, ibitis | ibunt Nam simul omne perit, | Quod
fuit, est, et erit.
Between the figures is this inscription on a black slab in gold
capitals :
Here lyeth William HcTineage of Haynton | Esq. whose
first wyef was Anne the | daughter & coheire of Raulfe Fyshe-
bome I of Cotes, Esq., by who me he had issue | lyving at y^
making of y^ monument viz: | Thomas, George, Amie, &
Katherine, whose | mother dyed y® 29 of July A^ 1585 | &
4 years after her death | he took to wyef lane Brussels who |
did serve our now Soveraigne | Queue Elizabeth in her bed
chamber | & in her privye chamber by y^ space | of 24 yeares
next beefore her | deathe who departed out of this | transitory
world y^ 24 of September | 1596 and y^ foresaid William
dyed | ye 29 of March 1610, aged 91.
Below these, at the base of the monument, are two figures of their
sons in armour and cloaks, and two daughters, dressed as their
mother, kneeling before an altar. Over the first son, the arms of
Heneage ; impaling — Or, a saltier between four martlets sable
[Guyldford]. Over the second, Heneage ; impaling — Argent, three
bars sable [Bussey]. Over the first daughter — Sable, a wolf salient,
and a chief or [Wilson] ; impaling — Heneage. Over the second,
some bearing effaced ; impaling — Heneage. On a black slab over
the altar, this inscription in gold capitals :
The above named Thomas Hemieage is | now maryed to
Barbara y^ dawghter | of S'" Thomas Gyldeford knight, & |
George is maryed to Mary y® daughter | of John Bussy of
Haydor Esq. & Anne | is maryed to Nicholas Wylson Esq.
sonn I & heir to Thomas Wylson, Esq. late | one of y*
secretaryes to our sovraigne | Lady Queene Elizabeth &
Katheryne is | maryed to William Ayscoughe Esq. sonne | &
heire to Edward Ayscoughe of Kelsey Esq.
A handsome monument of white marble against the south wall
of the chapel east of the door, flanked by two pilasters, and sur-
mounted by an urn ; at the sides are the insignia of death ; and
below the arms [and crest] of Heneage :
Prsestantiss : viris | D. Georgio Henneage Equiti aurato, cui
Pater | D. Thomas Henneage ordinis equestris, mater | Barbara
filia D. Thomse Guildford equestris itidem | dignitate clari,
uxor Elizabetha filia unica | Francisci Tresham Arm. quin
et proles quidem | numerosa Filius autem unus et tres filiae.
die I Obitus, Denatus A.D. 1659, ^E.S. 75. | Georgio Henneage
Arm. prsedicti D. Georgii | Fifio cui uxor Faith, filia T).
GREAT HALE 163
Philippi Tyrwhit | Baronetti, proles etiam numerosa, superstite
fillo et I filiabus pluribus, Denatus A.D. 1667, ^..S. 44. |
Georgio item Henneage Arm. dicti Georgii | Arm. filio cui
proles etiam magna, superstites | quidem ex prima uxore
Maria filia Thomse Kemp ( Sussexiensis Arm. tres filii et
duae filise, et ex | altera Francisca filia D. Moyser filius unus |
et una filia, Denatus A.D. 1692, M.S. 40. | Qui cum majoribus
suis et propinquis | in Dormitorio vicino, familiae Hennea-
geanse | dicato secundo excepto Georgio Bathoni | Sepulto,
cujus tamen cor hie habetur, requiescunt, | Eorum memorise
pie consulens praedicta | Faith Henneage | posuit.
A white marble monument against the wall of the north aisle,
arms effaced ; [crest — A sea-horse couchant or — Jenkinson] :
Hoc intra Sacrarium, | quo moribunda cineres depositos
esse Velit, | requiescit lectissima fsemina | Francisca Jenkin-
son ; I Thomae Thoroton de Screeton in agro Nottingham |
filia unica : | Johannis Jenkinson Arm' de Wykam Orient'
Com' Lincoln | Uxor merito dilecta | Pudica, casta, pia, |
Summa Innocentia, Mo rum gratissima SimpHcitas | Sua vitas
ingenii amabihs, benignitas Innata, | et gratior veniens in
pulchro corpore | Virtus illsesa intacta, | omnium facile
delicias reddiderunt ; | tandemque a Morte renascentem j ad
Cselos evexerunt | Ob* : rv^o : Non' Junii | An : nata XL |
MDCCXXXn,
On a flat stone in the chancel :
V. R. I Rowlandus Curtois A.M. | ecclesise Paroch. de Hainton
vicar. | nee non | rector de Hatton | obiit | xii Cal. Martias |
An. aetat. suae 38, | salutisque nostrae | 1722.
This church consists of a nave separated from its aisles by three
pointed arches, a chancel with a north chapel, and a tower at the
west end. The font is octagonal, pannelled with shields in
quatrefoils.
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. xii, 37-44 ; Jeans, 29-30.]
(MS iv, 49-65.)
<§reat J|ale
Notes taken in the church of Hale Magna, July 14, 1834 — This
church consists of a nave divided from each aisle by five lofty
pointed arches, springmg from plam round columns ; a south
porch ; and pinnacled tower at the west end ; but no chancel.
The tracery has been removed from the east window and several
others, what remains is of a Decorated character. The font is a
handsome octagon with niches set in square quatrefoyles in a
peculiar style, worthy of remark ; it has a modem oak cover.
At the west end of the north aisle is a handsome oak screen.
164 GREAT HALE
Against the wall of the north aisle is a handsome monument of
alabaster, consisting of two compartments ; in the upper one are
the small figures of a gentleman in cloak and doublet, and a lady
opposite, kneeling at a desk. Above — Argent, a chevron between
three martlets sable [for Cawdron] ; impaling — Sable, a cross
flory, between four escallops argent [Samson]. In the lower
compartment are two female figures kneeling at a desk ; above
the one the arms of Cawdron ; impaling — A chevron engrailed
between two bucks' heads cabossed [Nedham] ; and over the other
— Cawdron ; impaling — A lion rampant [Fauckonbridge], this
inscription below :
To y^ sacred & perpetual memory of | Robert Cawdron of
Little Hale in y^ Coun. of Line. | gent, who departed this
life y^ 30 day of Decem | ber 1665, Ann. aetat. suae lvi, being
three times | married, first unto Katharine daughter of
Edward | Nedham of Elston m y*' Coun. of Leices. gent. ;
2diy j unto Susanna Fauckenbridge relict of Richard Gamble |
gent. ; lastly unto Elizabeth Sansome y® relict of | John
Woods gent., now living, which said sorrow | ful widow,
out of tender affection she beareth | to her deceased husband,
caused this monument | to be erected at her own proper
charge and | cost, this 20 day of May 1668. | The memory
of the just is blessed, but y® name of y® wicked shall rot. |
Virtus post funera | Nil desperandum Christo duce auspice
Christo.
On a brass plate set in a stone tablet west of the monument, these
arms over — On a chevron engrailed . . . three escallops [King] ;
inscription in capitals :
Here lyeth interred the body of Ann | Cawdron wife of
Robert Cawdron of | Great Hale, Esq., one of the daughters |
of Edward King, Esq., who was buried y^ | xvin of July
1625, w'^^ said Robert | Cawdron had by the said Ann his
wife I X sonnes and vi daughters.
On another brass plate set in stone, below the monument, in
capitals :
Hie requiescit in Domino Franciscus Cawdron | Filius Roberti
Cawdron Armigeri qui ob Faeli | cissimam Indolem moresque
suavissimos magnum | sui apud omnes desiderium relinquens
corpus I humo dolorem Amicis Cselo animam commendavit. |
Hoc monumentum Amoris et Mseroris perpetu- | um Testem
charissim' eius Frater Anthonius | Cawdron posuit | obiit
Ano 1660, I aetatis suae 31.
To the east of the larger monument is a white marble tablet, with
the arms of Cawdron above, and below Cawdron, impaling two
wives — (1) Sable, on a chevron argent three escallops [King] ;
(2) Argent, a lion passant between two bars gules [for Williams].
, GREAT HALE 165
On the tablet are cut the figures of a man in half armour kneeling
at a desk, and behind him nine sons, and opposite his two wives,
followed by six daughters ; before them three sons lye in grave
clothes with their heads on skulls, and one daughter likewise.
Above is this inscription in capitals :
Memoriae Sacrum | Roberti Cawdron Armig. vitae integerr"^'
in egenos | largiss™* in Patria fidiss™', uxores duos habuit |
jam Annam natam Edwardo King Armig" quae peperit | ei
10 filios et 6 filias 2*^^™ Mariam viduam Jo 'is Austen | Gener°^^
e qua 3 filios et v°^™ filiam . mortuus est | die 1 1°^° Martii A"
1650, aetatis suae 73. | Eleonora filia obsequentiss™* parent! |
amantiss™" lugens posuit. | Antoni' fil' fecit.
In the north east comer of the aisle is a small monument of stone,
with two black columns, with the arms nearly effaced, but seemingly
Cawdron impaling — Two lions passant [Dymoke] :
Here lieth the body of j Robert Cawdron Esq. who by Jane |
his wife one of the daughters of | Sir Charles Dymoke, knt,
left issue | five sons [viz^] Robert, Dymoke, | Edward, Lewis, &
George, & three | daughters [viz*] Jane, Eleanor, & | Anne, &
departed this life the 11 | of July 1714, to whose memory |
this monument was erected | by Jane his widow.
Opposite to the last is a stone tablet with this inscription in gold
letters on a black ground :
Near this place lies interred | Jane relict of Rob* Cawd- | ron,
Esq., late of this | parish. She was daugh | ter of the Hon*^^®
Sir I Charles Dymoke, kt, | Champion of England, | a most
loving wife, a kind | & tender mother, an excellent | mistress, &
a sincere friend. | This small monument is most | gratefully
erected by her oblig'd | son & serv* W™ Lomax. She died |
y« 22 May 1733, aged 67.
On a flat blue stone in the floor below these monuments (R) :
Here lyeth the body of Robert j Cawdron, Esq., who by
Sarah his wife | youngest daughter of S'' Edward | Hussey
of Welbom, Baronett, had | issue one daughter, viz. Elizabeth.
He I departed this life October y^ 18, 1728, | in the 41 year
of his age. | Here lieth the body of IVIrs | Sarah Smith, wife
of Weston John | Smith, Esq., of this parish. She was | the
youngest daughter of S^ Edw^i | Hussey, Bart., of Welbom
in this I county, who departed this life | the 17 of May 1767,
in the 80 year of | her age.
To the south is another blue stone with the arms of Cawdron cut
on it, impaling — On a chevron . . . three pears .... (seemingly) :
Resurgemus | Uterque.
Near is another large blue stone which once had the brass of a large
cross with long stem, and above the bust of a priest. Inscription
round the edge ; in it is cut R. C. 1665. The brasses are all gone.
166 GREAT HALE
On two flat stones parallel, close by :
Here | lyeth the body of | Samuel Sanson, | gent., who departed
this I life August 7, 1769, | aged 63 | years.
Here | lieth the body | of Mary relict of | Samuel Sansom, |
gent., I who departed this life | December 23, 1790, | aged
70 years.
In the south aisle at the east end is a large stone which has once
had an inscription round it, but it is worn quite smooth except
at the south east comer where this is visible in church text *vi,
Mcc . . . .' On the stone is cut :
Here lieth the body | of Maria Gaskarth, widow, | who
departed this life the | 3^^ of May 1737, aged 36.
[See also L.R.8. i, 189 ; Jeans 30-1 ; Trollope, Sleaford, 371-4.]
(MS V, 33-39.)
Ilalton ?|olesate
Notes taken in the church, August 15, 1835 —
On a flat stone m the chancel :
In memory of | Jane the wife of Mr Jno. Brackenbury | of
this Parish, | who died smcerely lamented by all | her friends &
acquaintance | the 5th of Aug. 1786, aged 29, | after a long
and painfull illness which | she bore with the greatest patience |
and resignation. | Also of | John Brackenbury, gent., | equally
regretted and respected, | who departed this life | on the 21
of August 1826, j in the 73 year of his age.
Near this is a stone in which has formerly been a brass of a long
stem and tabernacle work at top, all now gone.
At the east end of the south aisle is a low kind of altar tomb, the
top of which is covered by a very large black slab, which has once
been nearly wholly inlaid with brass, the whole of which has been
torn out. On this slab is laid (having been evidently removed
from elsewhere) the recumbent figure of a knight in mail hauberk,
and gorget or coif of the same, with a helmet of plate, the visor
open. The brassards and genouailles are also of plate, as are the
gauntlets, and his armour from the foot to the knee is of the same,
lined with mail. Over his hauberk is a surcoat confined by a belt
crossing the shoulder and buckled at the hips, whence the sword
hangs. The belt is studded with cinquefoyles, his hands are clasped
over his breast, and on his left arm hangs his shield, heater shaped,
bearing a lion rampant [perhaps for Halton]. His head rests on a
pillow, and his feet, which are crossed, on a couchant lion. On
the whole, the figure is in a good state of preservation, except the
face, the features of which are much mutilated.
Near this on the floor is a coffin-shaped [stone] which bears round
its edges, in Saxon characters, which are m perfect preservation,
the inscription to ' Sir Water Bek ', mentioned by Holies.
HALTON HOLEGATE 167
At the east end of the north aisle, which is separated by a screen
from the other part, is an old stone with the figure of a female in
brass in the costume of Charles I reign, viz., the boddice and falling
collar. One of her hands is crossed over her breast, the other hand
holds a book. This portraiture is executed in very good taste,
and is much like Hollar's figures. This inscription on a brass
plate below in capitals (R) :
Here lies buried the body of | Bridgett the wife of John |
Rugeley, daughter and heire | of Thomas Tliorey who de- j
ceased the 15 day of May in y^ | yeare of our Lord 1658, j
setatis suae 21.
The stone in which this brass has been inserted has had formerly
an older inscription, and canopied cross in brass, now gone.
On a flat stone next to the last :
Here lyes y® body | of Sarah Smith late | wife of Benjamin
Smith, I gent., who departed | this life y® 17 of March | Anno
Dom. 1699.
On another much rubbed (D) :
Here lyeth y^ body of Benjamin | Smith, gent., who departed |
this life y« .... of .... I An. Dom. 1708(1).
On a brown stone to the west of the last (D) :
Here lyeth y^ body | of Katherine Smith | late daughter
of I Benjamin Smith, | gent., & Sarah his | wife who depart- | ed
this life January | the 29, Anno Dom. | 1697.
This church consists of a nave and aisles, resting on four pointed
arches which spring from octagonal columns, a chancel, and tower
at the west end. Both of these are separated from the nave by
pointed arches. There is a south porch which is of the Perpendicular
style, and very handsome, having a square-headed door with
quatrefoyles in the spandrils of the arch, and a parapet which is
very beautifully pannelled in quatrefoyles in squares, with a
dripstone below ornamented with y^ ball in hollow moulding.
Below it is a vacant niche and above a shield having the rebus,
The font is circular, supported on four massive short
pillars on a basement of two steps. There remains a
good deal of old pewmg and screen work. There has
formerly been a south aisle to the chancel of two arches,
which are now blocked up, and the aisle removed. The
character of the church is Perpendicular apparently,
though the wmdows are mostly despoiled of their tracery, and the
roof of the chancel having been lowered, blocks up the head of
the east one. In the tower are six bells.
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. xi, 108-110 ; L.B.S. i, 164 ; Jeans, 31.]
(MS viii, 153-157.)
168 HARMSTON
?|arms(ton
Notes taken in the church, 8 August, 1833 —
A handsome white marble monument against the south wall of the
chancel between two Corinthian pillars, the bust of a gentleman
in a peruke and the dress of the time of George I ; on each side
an angel in an attitude of grief. Above are the arms, but the colours
nearly obliterated — Quarterly, 1st, Argent, three goats salient
sable [for Thorold] ; 2nd, Three bars gules on a canton vert, [a
martlet — Hough] ; 3rd, Argent, a cross potent sable between four
pellets [Brehaugh] ; 4th, [Argent, a bend between six pellets —
Marston]. Crest — A stag passant :
Here lies the body of Sir George Thorold, knt & bart, who
built new this church and chancel | in the year 1717, and
was Lord Mayor of the city of London in 1720. | He was
4th son of Charles Thorold, esq., of London, who was 2d
son of Thomas Thorold, esq., of Harm | ston and of London,
who was 3d son of W^ Thorold, esq., of Harmston, who
died in the | year 1616, who was eldest son of W™ Thorold,
esq., of Harmston, who died in 1586, and they | both lie
buried near this place, who was 2d son of Sir W™ Thorold of
Marston, who died in the | year 1569, and left the Lordship
of Harmston to the abovesaid W™ Thorold his 2d son who
was only | brother to Sir Anthony Thorold of Marston. | The
above Sir George Thorold married Mrs Eliza. Rushout in
1713 daughter of Sir James Rush- | out, bart, of Northwich
in Worcestershire, by whom he had a daughter who died young,
and he | departed this life the 29 of October 1722, aged 56.
On a flat stone in the chancel close under the last monument (R) :
Sacred to the memory | of | Isabella Margaret Thorold | who
died March 13, 1832, | aged 30 years.
On a grey marble monument on which has been a white slab, now
fallen off and broken, but the inscription still remains perfectly
decipherable ; above this is an urn (R) :
To the memory of | Samuel William Thorold an infant | who
was born on the xxxi^t day of October mdcclxxvi, | and died
on the XXVI day of February mdcclxxvii. | Accept sweet
babe what only we can give | Thou in our tender bosoms
long shall live | Thee fairest flower just opening into day |
Death cruel death untimely snatched away | With plaintive
accents we weep o'er our love | Tho' heaven invites thee to
its joys above. | Samuel and Anne Thorold his afflicted parents |
have erected this monument.
Stones in the north aisle (D) :
Sacred ] to the memory | of | William Millington, | aged)
55, I who died March 1, | 1812.
Sacred | to the memory | of | Eleanor the wife | of | William !
Millington, | aged 51, | who died June 7, | 1810.
HARMSTON 169
On another stone (D) :
In memory | of W™ Millington | who died November 7, 1761, |
aged 40 years ; | also W. Wattson | who died November 3^
23, 1762, I aged 76 years.
On another flat stone (D) :
To the memory of | Susanna Millington relict of | William
Millington | who died November 21, 1783, | in the 67 year
of his age. | Laden with years by sickness prest | This pious
matron came to rest | A fair example of good life | She was
a chaste and loving wife | Her house did shew her prudent
care | She knew both how to spend and spare. | Mourn not,
she's gone where tears do cease | Her upright life did end
in peace.
A very beautiful monument of grey veined marble, about twelve
feet high from the ground, against the north wall of the chancel,
between two Corinthian pillars, on a pedestal is the bust of a man,
and at the sides are two weeping boys winged, one having his foot
on a scull. On the pediment, a shield of arms partly defaced —
quarterly, 1st, Sable, three goats salient argent [Thorold] ; 2nd,
Argent, three bars gules, on a canton azure a martlet or [Hough] ;
3rd, [Argent, a cross potent between four pellets — Brehaugh] ;
4th, Argent, a bend raguly sable between six pellets [Marston].
At the bottom of the monument is this inscription on a white
marble slab :
M. S. I Here lieth the body of S^ Samuel Thorold, bart, who
was seventh son of | Charles Thorold, esq., and brother to
S^ George Thorold, bart, who | is also here interred, of whom
it may with strict justice be truly said that as he | was blest
with a very plentiful estate so he wanted not a heart to make
a I proper use of it, for notwithstanding his natural inclination
directed him to y^ choice | of a retired life, he was never
more delighted than when proper opportunities | presented
for his shewing his benevolence to mankind by endeavouring
to make others as | happy as he himself desired to be, and
tho' the world might have a loss from his | retirement in
y® want of that sincere & friendly converse which he always
practised, j yet as it did not proceed either from pride or
moroseness but merely from a studious | disposition and a
disapprobation of all vain ostentation in public life, every
wise man will | readily excuse him. He departed this life
the pt January 173 J, in the 65 year of his age.
On a brass plate against the east wall of the chancel north of the
altar in capitals (R) :
Here lyeth the body of Mrs Margaret Thorold, widowe, |
sometimes the wife of William Thorold of Harmston. esq., j
deceased, by whome shee had 19 children whereof 8
170 HARMSTON
were | sonnes, viz., William, George, Richard, Anthony,
Edmond, Thomas, | Phillip, and Henry, and eleven daughters,
viz., Jane, Anne, | Mary, Susan, Fravncis, Sara, Elizabeth,
Fravncis, Judith, | Prudence, and Martha. Shee departed
this life the 20 th | daye of April Ann^ D'ni 1616, being aged
80 yeares.
A similar one below in capitals also (R) :
Here lyeth the bodye of William Thorold, esq., the [ eldest
Sonne of William Thorold of Harmstone, esq., | deceased,
who was second brother unto S'" Anthony Tho | rold of
Marstone, knight, deceased. He departed this life y® 8 |
daye of August Anno D'ni 1616, being aged 59 yeares & 7
months.
On a fiat stone at the west end of the south aisle (R) :
Here are deposited the remains of | Samuel Thorold, esq., |
for many years lord and possessor | of the manor of Harms-
ton, I who was bom December | the twenty ninth, 1749, |
and died January the 19, 1820, | aged 70 years. | Also the
remains of his | beloved infant | Samuel Jane [sic] Thorold |
who was born February the tenth, | 1819, and died November
the twelfth | the same year.
Between the two Thorold monuments are hung up two helmets
with the crest of Thorold, a stag tripping, two pair of gauntlets,
a sword, and two pair of spurs, and a shield of arms, but not to
be made out.
The church consists of a nave and aisles supported upon three
pointed arches resting on plain columns, a chancel, and a tower
at the west end. The font is hexagonal, ornamented with grotesque
heads and roses alternately. Over the arch between the nave
and chancel is a picture (R) of the adoration of the Magi.
[See also L.R.S. i, 240 ; Jeans, Add. 1-2.]
(MS iii, 181-188.)
Notes taken in the church, 29 August, 1828 —
There are two monuments to the Whichcote family ; one is a flat
stone in the chancel inscribed thus :
Here lyeth the body of | George Whichcot, Esq., who |
departed this life Sept. the 7th, | 1720, | aged 67 yeares.
The other is a marble monument on the southern wall of the chancel,
with the following inscription :
To the memory of Thomas Whichcot, Esq., | who died
October S^d, 1776, aged 76. | He was the son of Colonel George
Whichcot, 1 Esq., who died September 7, 1720, aged 67, |
HARPSWELL 171
and his wife Frances Catharine, | daughter of Sir Thomas
Meres, knight, | of Kirby Bellers in the county of Leicester, |
and Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, | who died August
1731, aged 62. | His first wife was Elizabeth Maria | daughter
of Francis and Mary Anderson | of Manby, who died April
1731, I aged 21. | She left him two daughters | viz. Frances
Maria and Catharine. | His 2^^ wife was Jane the daughter | of
John Tregagle, Esq., | who died Jan. 2, 1764, aged 61. She
left him | an only daughter viz. Jane Whichcot.
There is also a written copy, hanging on a pillar in the church,
of a deed of gift which accompanied a clock presented in 1746 by
Thomas Whichcot, in which grateful allusions are made to the
suppression of the Scotch rebellion and the hope expressed that
the clock whenever it struck would remind the parishioners of
their dehverance. (MS Supp., 14-15.)
Notes taken in the church, 14 September, 1835 —
On an old stone just before the altar rails in church text (R) :
Hie iacet dominus | Will'm's de Beachaump | rector istius
eccl'ie.
On the north wall of the chancel are two brasses
seemingly let into wood, one of a man in armour,
standing on a lion, with his sword crossed before
him, the other a female in the dress of Henry 6th
time, with the extraordinary cap that projects
behind and is peculiar. These brasses were
formerly in a stone in the church, and were
placed here by Dr Baily.
On a tablet against the south wall (R) :
Sacred to the memory | of | the Rev^* Thomas Dawson, | late
vicar of North Kelsey | and perpetual curate of Harpswell
30 years, | who died March 25, 1804, | aged 58 years. | Also
Mary his wife who died March 2, 1822, | aged 72 years. |
Likewise Edward their son who died Sept. 28, 1823, | aged
37 years. | And Elizabeth their daughter who died Feb. 12,
1789, I in the third year | of her | age.
In the south aisle (R) :
A flat stone to John Wallace who died 20 April 1786, set. 44.
Near this is a stone which had a brass now gone.
Under an arch in the south aisle a figure on an altar tomb of the
size of life, with hands clasped across the breast, in a long robe
plaited ; but it is uncertahi whether a man or woman. On the
head appears something like a caul or tonsure. [It represents
William de Harrington, rector of Harpswell, circa 1346.]
The church consists of a nave and south aisle separated by two
Norman arches and one pointed. One of the pillars is round, and
172 HARPSWELL
one octagon. In the east window of the south aisle are some
fragments of painted glass (R). The font is round, with a range
of sharp pointed arches encircling it. There has been a north aisle
but now gone.
On a stone in the tower under the clock is this inscription :
Upon I the 9 of Ocf | 1746, | T. Whichcot Esq., | gave this
clock to I y^ parish of Harpswell | in memory of the | victory
obtained | by his Royal Highness the | Duke of Cumber-
land I over the Rebels in | Scotland at the battle | fought
Api the 16, 1746, j near | Culloden.
[See also Jeans, 31.]
(MS vii, 29-31.)
?|arrmgton
Notes taken in the church, 17 August, 1835 —
Upon a black stone in the chancel in capitals (R) :
Here lyeth the body | of Henry the younger | son of Vincent |
Amcots, Esq., by Amy | his wife. He was | bom Jan^ the
21, I 1684, and dyed May | the 18, 1705.
Upon a black marble stone next to the last to the south (R) :
Here lyeth the body of | Mrs Mary Amcotts daughter | of
Vincent Amcotts, Esq., | late of Harrington, by | Amy his
wife. I She was bom the second | of February Anno Dom.
1681, I and dyed November the | 18th, 1697.
Upon a black stone (R) to the south of the last with these arms
cut above — Quarterly, of six, 1st, A tower triple turretted between
three covered cups [Amcotts] ; 2nd, Barry of six, over all a
Uon crowned [Wasthouse] ; 3rd, Gutte a castle [Hambrough] ;
4th, On a bend cottised three escallops [Dawtrey] ; 5th, On a
bend cottised three eagles' heads crazed [Solaye] ; 6th, three
chaplets in bend between two bendlets [Saxton] ; impaling —
Quarterly also of six, 1st and 6th, Three lioncels rampant [Mild-
may] ; 2nd, A canton charged with a mullet [le Rowse] ; 3rd, A
chevron embattled between three Catherine wheels [Cornish] ;
4th, A fess checquy between six annulets [Barker] ; 5th, Two
bars, on a canton between three pheons a chevron charged with
an eagle's head erazed between two mullets [Hill] :
Here lyeth the body of Vincent Amcots j of Harrington in
the county of Lincoln, | Esq., son of Vincent Amcots of
Lankton | in the same county, Esq., who departed this | life
the 25 of May Anno Dom. 1686. | He had to his first wife
Helen Webberley | daughter of Anthony Webberley of East j
Kirkb}'^ in the county of Lincoln, Esq., | who died having
no issue. | His second wife was Amy eldest daughter | of
Henry Mildmay of Graces in Little j Baddow in the county
HARRINGTON 173
of Essex, Esq., by | his first wife Cecilia, one of the | daughters
and coheires of Walter | Barker of Haughmond in the |
County I of Salop, by whom he left two sons & one |
daughter, viz. Vincent, Henry, and Mary.
On a white marble sarcophagus against the north wall of the
chancel ;
Sacred to the memory of | Charles Amcotts, Esquire, | son
of Vincent and Elizabeth Amcotts | of Harrington in this
county, I who died on the 14th of April 1777, aged 47 years. |
He possessed | every virtue which adorns the Christian | and
benevolence of heart | which rendered him at once respected
and beloved. | This tribute to his memory is erected by an
affectionate niece, | anxious to preserve the recollection of
his many | estimable qualities.
On an old broken stone in the chancel round the verge :
►p< Hie iacet ccccxxx cuius awime
propicietur Deus Amen.
Upon another more to the south (D) :
.... Joh'is Copuldyk mil . . . obiit xvi die mertsis Augusti
There are also two coffined shaped stones but the inscriptions
illegible (D).
A black marble monument, flanked by two pilasters, against the
north wall of the chancel, these arms above — Quarterly, 1st, Argent,
a chevron between three cross crosslets gules [Copledike] ; 2nd,
... a saltier between four crosslets or [Friskney] ; 3rd, Or, on
a fesse gules three roundels argent [Huntingfield] ; 4th, Lozengy,
gules and ermine [Rokeley] ; 5th, Or, a bend and chief gules
[Harrington] ; 6th, Gules, a chevron vaire [? Leake]. Over the
two pilasters are shields — (1) on the west side — Copledyke ; im-
paling— Or, a cross sable charged with four escallops, in first quarter
a mullet . . . [Ellis] ; (2) on the east — Copledyke ; impaling —
Argent, three bars dancy sable, an escucheon in chief ermine
[Enderby]. This inscription below the first part in capitals :
Pretious to the memory | of Tho. Copuldike late of Harring-
ton I in Com. Line. Esq. the son of Tho. Cople : | 3 brother
of John Cop : Esq. | son & heir to Sir John Cop. | He married
first Martha ye daughter | of Sir William EHis of Lincoln. |
Mary his second wife & executrix | the daur of Richard
Enderby | of Metheringham in Com. Line. gent. | He deceased
Anno D. 1658, the 4th | of September, aged 72. | Ultimus
antiquae stirpis jam conditur uma | Quem Deus aetenia
felicitate beat [ Sic genus et proavi fugiunt sic omnia secli |
Ast animis Sanctis caelica regna manent | Lector abi, satis
est, posthac te vivere Christo | Atque mori mundo sit tibi
cura Vale !
174 HARRINGTON
Of antient stock here lies the last and best | Who hath attained
to his eternal rest. | This monument bespeake not him alone. |
It saith the family with him is gone. | But Heaven received
Saints, they're happy then | Which live as Saints although
they die like men.
A handsome grey marble monument (R) with a white sarcophagus
above to the west of the last, these arms below — Argent, a tower
triple turretted between three covered cups azure, on a canton
the arms of Ulster, on an escucheon of pretence the same without
the canton. Crest — a squirrell sejant gules cracking a nut or
[Amcotts] :
Sacred to the memory of | Anna Maria Amcotts | wife of
Sir Wharton Amcotts of Kettlethorpe | in this count}^ Bart,
daughter of | Vincent & Elizabeth Amcotts of Harrington, |
bom the 11 of April 1725, died the 1st of July 1800. | In
her were united the mild virtues of a Christian | with every
female excellence ] as she lived beloved she died lamented |
more particularly | by her daughter EUzabeth Ingilby
Amcotts I wife of Sir John Ingilby of Ripley | in the comity
of York, Bart, | who out of grateful respect to her memory
on her death | took the name of Amcotts | and has erected
this monument to perpetuate | the remembrance of her
beloved parent.
On a flat stone within the altar rails :
Here lyes the body of Mrs Amy Hall eldest | daughter &
coheir of Henry Mildmay of Graces | in the county of Essex,
Esq., by Cecily his first | wife daughter and coheir of John
Barker of | Haghmond in the county of Salop, Esq. | By
her first husband Vincent Amcotts of this | place, Esq., she
had 4 sons & 3 daughters of | which Vincent only is now
living. I By her second husband Thomas Hall late of | Kettle-
thorp in this county, Esq., she had one son | named Charles
who is now living. | She was bom the 14th of February An.
Dom. 1648, | and dyed the 20th of Febmary 1712.
A flat blue stone in the chancel :
Sacred | to the memory | of Vincent Amcotts, Esq., | eldest
son of I Vincent and Ehzabeth | Amcotts | died the 23 May
1730 I aged 10.
A stone collateral to the last one on the north :
Sacred | to the memory | of Vincent Amcotts, Esq., | who
died 26 August 1733, | aged 50.
Another also collateral to the north :
Sacred | to the memory | of Ehzabeth Amcotts | relict of
Vincent Amcotts, Esq., | who died the 12 July 1765,
aged 71.
HARRINGTON 175
Another also collateral more to the north (R) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Elizabeth Amcotts | daughter
of I Vincent and Elizabeth | Amcotts | died the 10 May 1762, |
aged 38.
Another to the west of these :
Sacred | to the memory | of Charles Amcotts, Esq., | son
of I Vincent and Ehzabeth Amcotts | died the 14 April 1777, |
aged 47.
[On the south of chancel, a grey marble tomb, with canopy over,
and two figures kneeling, a knight in armour, and lady ; and 13
shields, 5 along the top, 3 on a line with the two figures, and 5 at
the base — (1) Argent, a chevron between three crosses bo tonne
gules [Copledike] ; quartering — Lozengy ennine and gules
[Rokeley]. (2) Copledike ; quartering — A bend, . . . and a chief
. . . [Harrington]. (3) Copledike ; quartering — Or, on a saltire
engrailed five mascles . . [? Leake]. (4) Copledike ; impahng —
Quarterly gules and vair, a bend or [Constable]. (5) Copledike ;
impaling — On a bend argent three mullets [Clifton]. (6) Copledike.
(7) Quarterly, 1st, Copledike ; 2nd, Rokeley ; 3rd, Harington ;
4th, Leake. (8) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, [Sable], on a bend between
three lions passant guardant or three hazel leaves [Etton] ; 2nd
and 3rd, Barry wavy of six argent and (9) Copledike ;
impahng — Or, on a fesse . . . three plates [Huntmgfield]. (10)
Copledike ; impaling — Argent, on a chevron, between three grifiins'
heads erazed, a mullet or for difference [Tilnej']. (11) Copledike ;
impaling — Ermine, on a chief indented sable, 3 crosses tau argent
[Thurland]. (12) Copledike ; impaling — Or, on a chevron between
three annulets ... as many crescents of the first [Sutton].
(13) Gone (Holies, L.R.S. i, 130, gives Copledike; impaling — Argent
three lions passant guardant gules for Littlebury).
Here Ueth John Copledike, esquire, sonne and ayre to Sir
John Copledike, knight, late of Harrington, deceased. Who
dyed the 4*° April 1585, and Ane Etton his wyfe who dyed
the xo June 1582.
On the north of chancel, a mural memorial marble and slate, with
Copledike arms above, a knight in armour and lady kneeling, with
two children (all marble figures), with the following inscription :
Here Ij^eth the body of Francis Copvldj^ck, esq., brother and
next heire of John Copvldyck, csqvire, which John Copvldyck
was Sonne and heire of S"" John Copvldyck, knight, of Harring-
ton in ye county of Lincolne, w'h foresayd Francis dyed
the XXIX th of December 1599, which foresayd Francis married
Elizabeth one of the daughters of Lionell Reresby of Thry-
bargh in the county of York, esq., and had issue by her one
Sonne and a daughter which died in thevr infancv.
In the tower — there is evidence of its having been removed from
176 HARRINGTON
the chancel — a grey marble tomb, with a brass set in mural tablet
over, with Copledyke arms, and this inscription :
Here lyeth S'" John Copledike, knight, late of Harrington,
deceased, who died the twelfth of December 1557, and
EHzabeth Littlebury his wife who died the 12*^ July 1552.
There are still two bench ends in the presbytery with the shield
of Copledike, and one complete bench in the quire.
In the nave, on the south, a recumbent stone figure of a knight
in mail armour, legs crossed, hands upraised ; may be this repre-
sents Sir John Harrington.]
This church consists of a nave and chancel, and a tower at the
west end built by Mrs Cracroft within a short time. The font
has eight shields on it — [(1) Huntingfield impaling Rokeley.
(2) Copledike quartering Rokeley. (3) Huntingfield. (4) Cople-
dike impaling Tilney. (5) Copledike impaling Leake. (6) A
quatrefoil pierced between three crosslets [? for Umfraville].
(7) Blank. (8) Copledike.]
[See also Lines. N. & Q. xi, 105-108 ; L.R.S. i, 129-131 ;
Jeans, 32.]
(MS viii, 99-107.)
Notes taken in the church, [probably August, 1835] —
On an old stone in the chancel, round the verge, in church text :
Hie iacet Johannis Hagh armigeri qui obiit xviii die mensis
Julii anno d'ni [m]cccc[lviii] cuius anime propiciett^r dews
Amen.
These arms are in the centre of the stone, a chevron between ten
croslets [Haugh].
On another to the west of the last, round the verge, in church
text :
Hie iacet Isabella quondam uxor Biadulphi [rectius Kicardi]
de Hagh fil' Johannis Belle de Boston que obiit Sept. die
Febr. a° D'ni. mOccccxvii cuiiis amwe propicietur Deus
Amen. jjl
On an old stone more to the north, in lines : jBJ
-f- Hie iacet | Agnes Clouc [for Clour] s'c'da | uxor Johannis
de Hagh.
On an old stone to the east of the last, round the verge, in old
character :
Hie iacet domin^^s Robertus de Wynceby quondam vicarii^^
istlMS ecclesie qui obiit nil kal. Marcii anno D'ni millesimo
ccccxxv cuius anime propicietwr omnipotens Deus.
HAUGHAM 177
On an old stone in the nave, in lines, in church text :
+ Hie iacet | Johanna de Welby | prima uxor Johawnis |
de Hagh.
On a flat stone in the chancel :
To the memory of | Martha | the wife of the Rev. William
Oddie, I who died the 13 of September 1773, | in the 37 year
of her age.
On a stone next to it :
In memory of ] Martha daughter | of the Rev. W'" Oddie |
and Martha his wife, | bom August y^ 12, 1766 [sic], \ died
Feb. 6, 1771, ] in the 5*^ year of her age.
Next to it :
In memory of | Ann daughter of | the Rev. Will. Oddie | &
Martha his wife | bom Feb. the 4, died | Sept. the 24, 1766. |
Also I of WilUam their son, | who died April 20, 1774, ] aged
15 months.
On a broken stone, in church text :
+ Hie iacet Thomas de Ha propicietwr Deus Amen.
On another, in church text also :
Ra,dulphi Hagh cccc
An old flat stone under the Communion table, with an inscription
round in old church text :
-|- Hie iacet Thomas de Hagh qui obiit xxnj die Decern.
anwo D'ni mcccc[xx] cuius awime propicietwr Deus Amen.
Close under the south wall of the chancel is a similar stone, with
the inscription romid the edge, but so mutilated and defaced by
damp as to render nearly the whole of it illegible ; what remains
is :
xn die Aprilis mcccc
To the west of this is a stone having a cross cut on it, which once
had an inscription round its edge in Saxon characters, but it is
now so broken and worn by damp as to be illegible ; perhaps the
word ' HAUG ' may be decyphered.
The church consists of a nave and chancel, separated by a Norman
arch, with a brick turret for a bell at the west end. In the east
wall north of the altar is a niche. The font is octagonal, with the
window pannelling of decorated character.
[See also Lines. N. <fc Q. x, 209-10 ; vii, 33-5.]
(MS vi, 97-100.)
J^augljam
Notes taken in the church, August 19, 1835 — This is a mean
bam-like church with no distinction into nave, aisles, or chancel.
The font is modem, the roof thatched, and a south porch.
178 HAUGHAM
This church contains no memorial of interest ; there are flat stones
to the memory of :
Edward Cartwright died 27 Feb. 1826, aet. 67.
Sarah his wife died 23 June 1811, set. 48.
N. Cartwright an infant 1794, E.W.C. 1811.
John Waterland died 23 JanV 1761, aet. 44.
Martha his dau"" died 1 Sept. 1761, get. 3.
Mr Edward Hyde died 15 Jan. 1740, set. 59.
Edward his son died 9 June 1761, set. 30.
Daniel Hide late of Tathwell died 13 March 1758, set. 74.
Catherine his wife died 11 March 1771, set. 73.
Julin Bailer JanV 13^^, 17 . ., aged G8.
Frances wife of Fetch Bilby, & dau"" of Julin Ballet died
19. Sept. 1781, set. 42.
Anne Bilby daur of Fetch died 31 Aug. 1762.
Robert Bilby died May [26, 1774], set. 76.
[See also Lines. N. <fe Q. xi, 46.]
(MS viii, 173.)
Notes taken in the church, 12 August, 1834 — This is a very
handsome church. It consists of a nave and aisles divided on each
side by four pointed arches springing from clustered columns, a
chancel with a north chapel, a south porch, and elegant tower and
spire at the west end. The font is a handsome octagon with niches
and pannelling. There are but one or two pews in the church,
the plan of benching being with good taste preserved, though the
seats are not old ones. There is a great deal of painted glass re-
maining in the windows, particularly in those of the north aisle.
In the first window westward of that aisle are three figures, the first
crowned in armour of gold, bearing on his shield and surcoat —
Azure, a cross flory between four martlets or, from which it may be
conjectured to be the figure of Edward the Confessor. The second
is the figure of St George in white armour, bearing on his shield —
Argent, a plain cross gules. The third is another crowned head,
attired in golden armour, the arms on his shield appear to be —
Azure, three crowns, two and one or, which were the bearmgs of
King Arthur. The window is filled up above with architectural
designs. In the next window are three figures of saints, and a
small figure in a round pane of a female on horseback, her veil
streaming behind. At the top is a representation of the Trinity ;
at the bottom of the window is this legend as far as it could
be decyphered from the mortar and dirt with which it was
encrusted :
Orate pro anima .... Alfred!
sororis sue.
HAYDOR 179
In the south aisle is some more glass, but none of consequence.
The font is handsome, octagon, pannelled in niches.
In the chapel north of the chancel against the west wall is a very
beautiful monument, reaching nearly to the ceiling, composed of
grey marble, the work of Scheemakers. On a black sarcophagus
in the midst is the bust of a lady, and on each side is a boy weeping.
Above are these arms — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, on a chevron
azure three garbs or [Cradock] ; 2nd and 3rd, Sable, two cross
bones in saltier argent [Newton] ; an inescocheon— Or, on a chevron
azure a martlet between two pheons of the field [Warton]. Below
the sarcophagus this inscription on a white slab :
Near this place lies the body of | Susanna Lady Newton. |
She was daughter of Michael Warton of Beverley in the
county I of York, esq., and sister and coheiress of S^ Michael
Warton of the | same place, knt. She married first sir John
Bright of Badsworth in | the county of York, baronet, by
whom she had no issue, and after | S"" John Newton of Barrs
Court in the county of Gloucester, bart, | by whom she had
one son the Honourable Sir Michael Newton, | Bart &
Knight of the Bath, married to the Rt Hon^^^ the Countess
of Conningesby, | and one daughter Susanna married to
William Archer of Welford in the county of Berks, esq. |
She departed this life April the 19, 1737, in the 86 year | of
her age. | Having ordered by her will a monument, this was
in obedience | to her command erected by her daughter
and executrix, Susanna Archer, | in the year of our Lord
1737.
To the north of the last is a handsome mural monument of a
pyramidal form, composed of grey and white marble, with the
arms of Newton, and an inescocheon as m the former one ; below
this inscription :
Here lies the body | of Sir John Newton, baronet, | who
departed this life February the 12, 17[|^, aged 83, | By his
first wife Abigail | daughter of William Heveningham, esq. |
he had issue one daughter named Gary, | married to Edward
Coke esq. of Holcomb in Norfolk, | and by his second wife, |
daughter and coheir of Michael Warton, esq., | of Beverley
in the county of York, and widow | of Sir John Bright of
Badsworth in the same county, | he had issue one son named
Michael [married to Margaret Countess of Coningsby, and
one daughter Susanna, married to] William Archer, esq.,
of Welford in Berkshire. | This monument was erected in
memory of the deceased | by the Lady Newton his widow.
Against the north wall of the chapel, close by the last, is a very
handsome monument of light grey marble and white, flanked
by two Corinthian pillars, and surmounted by an uni and wreaths
180 HAYDOR
of flowers. Below are the arms — Cradock and Newton quarterly,
impaling — .... per cross . . . and ... a bordure entoyre of
escallops [Heveningham]. It bears this inscription :
Here lieth in hopes of | a glourious resurrection | Abigail | the
wife of John Newton of Thorpe | in y^ county of Lincoln,
esq., I daughter of William Heveningham of Heveningham, |
Suffolk, esq., and Mary daughter and | heiress of John earl
of Dover. | She lived soe as if she meant to die young. | Even
her youth was pious & exemplary, | In w^^^ she diligently
hearkened to y^ law of God & her maker, | And by y® same
steps with a gentle hand | She led into the way of virtue her
own offspring. | John her eldest she prepared betimes for
heaven | And for grief e almost followed, & now lyes buried
by him. | She left a daughter Carey, | about six years of age, |
In whom it appeared what the prudence of a mother, | Neither
fond nor severe, could effect even in so tender years. | By a
peculiar art her children both stood in awe & loved her. |
After a tedious sickness she died big with child, ] And was
to the last more desirous that should live than she. | She
had all y^ virtues that became a wife a mother & a child. |
She deserved a longer life here, but more an eternal one. | She
died May 11, in the year of our Lord 1686, [and] of her age
26. I John dyed July 18, in y® year of our Lord 1681, of his
age 4 years.
To the east of the last is a splendid monument of white veined
marble, reaching nearly to the roof, the production of Scheemakers.
In the middle is a sarcophagus crowned by an elegant urn ; on
each side is a female figure, the one with a book and the other in
a desponding attitude holding an inverted torch. It is very
beautifully executed. In the front of the sarcophagus is this
inscription :
Near this place is interred the body of S^ Michael Newton,
bart. Knight of the most honorable order of the Bath. | He
was the son of S'" John Newton, bart, of Barrs Court in y®
county of Glocester, by Dame Susanna the widow | of S^ John
Bright Bar* of Badsworth in y* county of York, and sister
and CO -heiress of S'" Michael Warton of | Beverley in y* said
county. I He married in y® year 1730 Margaret Countess of
Coningesby, daughter & coheiress of Thomas earl of
Coningesby | By his wife Frances, daughter of Richard
Earl of Ranelagh, & he had issue one son John viscount
Coningesby | who died an infant in y® year 1733, aged about
two months. | He represented y® boroughs of Beverley &
Grantham in four different Parliaments and discharged | y^
trust reposed in him by his constituents w^^^ a steady & uniform
regard to y® real interests of his country. | Nor did y^ example
of a corrupt & venal age, enslaved to ministerial influence,
<l
HAYDOR 181
mislead his | judgement, nor did y® offer of an honourable
employment divert his resolute attachments | from y^ pursuit
of patriotism. He died April 6, 1743. This monument |
was erected in the year 1746 by his sister and heiress | Susanna
Archer of Welford in y* county of Berks.
To the east of this against the wall is a plain but elegant monument
of white marble, the work of Rysbrack ; below is a coimtess's
coronet and the letter C :
To the memory | of | Margaret countess of Coningesby | who
departed this life | June 12, 1761, | aged 52. | Lady Frances
Coningesby | with whom from their childhood | she had always
been connected | by the strictest union | of kindred & con-
cordant hearts | inscribes this marble | as a lasting testimony |
of the unutterable grief | inviolate friendship | and tender
affection | of an only & inconsolable sister, | lost to all comfort |
but from the hope | of their being happUy reunited | in a
better world, | in Love | mdissoluble & eternal.
A flat stone on the floor in capitals :
Here lies the body | of John Newton son | and heir of John |
Newton, esq., who | was bom the 26 |day of October 1677, j
and died the 18 | day of July 1681.
A stone to the west bears the name of John viscount Coningesby,
son of Sr Michael Newton, bom 16 Oct. 1732, died 4 Jany 1732-3.
On another stone to the west in capitals :
August 2^, Anno D'ni 1671. | Here lieth buried the body | of
Dame Elizabeth Eyre | wife to Sir Jervaise Eyre | of Rampton
in y6 county | of Nottingham.
There are a few other stones bearing the names and deaths of those
who are also commemorated on the monuments.
On a brass plate m chancel floor in capitals :
Hie jacet resurrectionem justorum expectans Henricus |
Pight clericus Artium Magister rector ecclesise de Hayder
in I agro Lincolniensi nee non prebendarius prebendae de
Hayder | cum Walton in ecclesia cathedrali beatse Mariae
Lincolniensis. | Obiit Martii 29, Anno Dom. 1675, et aetat.
suae Lxx.
On another brass plate in capitals :
Hie jacet resurrectionem jus- | torum expectans Isaacus
Carter | clericus Artium Magister rec- | tor ecclesiae de Hayder
in agro | Lincolniensi necnon praebendarius | praebendae de
Hayder cum Walton | pertinentis ad ecclesiam cathe- | dralem
beatae Mariae Lincolnien- | sis. Obiit vicesimo nono die
Novew- I bris Awnoque Dom. 1687, aetatis suae 40.
182 HAYDOR
A flat stone more to the west in capitals rubbed (D) :
Josephus Weld a.m. | Postquam huic ecclesiae per | annos
39 incubuit rector | quam moribus et doctrinis | ornavit, |
Hie tandem placide obdormivit | Summo [blank] rationem |
redditurus vol ... . Anno ^Etat. 79. [Anno] Dom. 1726.
In the south aisle is a brass plate which records the death of Gervase
Barker, gardener to Sir John Newton, bart., 34 years, died Nov. 4,
1724, aged 57 years, & Elizabeth his wife, who died May 22, 1731,
in the 70 year of her age.
In the chancel is a curiously carved old oak chest, and hanging
from the walls are the tattered remnants of banners, helmets,
escocheons, &c., of the Newton family with their crest, a blacka-
moor's head.
[See also L.R.S. i, 209 ; Lincoln Date Book, pp. 150-2 ; TroUope,
Sleaford, pp. 381-3.]
(MS V, 107-117.)
?|ecfeington
Notes taken in the church, [blank] August, 1831 —
In the chancel under an arch is the recumbent figure of a priest
in his robes, his feet resting on a lion, his face is mutilated.
On a brass plate in the nave near the entrance to the chancel, with
the inscription in old character :
Here lyeth John Cawdron whyche decessed y® xxviu day of
Noveb^ y*^ yer of our Lord God mcccclxxxviii. For Goddes
love pray for me. Thou weytet not what nede I have to the,
For charite say a pat : nost. & ave.
On another brass plate in the nave near the north transept, this
in old character :
Here lyeth WlU™ Cawdron sumtyme Bayljrf of Hekington
whyche depf^ thys world the last day of Aprill in the year
of our Lord God mdxliiii, upon whose sowlle God have mercy.
Amen.
On a flat stone to the south of the last, with the inscription cut
round in church text, partly effaced :
Hie jacet Henricus Cawdron qui obiit x die M cccccu
cuius amwe propicietur Deus. Amen.
In the south transept there is a flat stone, in which have been
brasses of a knight and lady with their children, and with arms
and inscription, but all now gone.
On a flat stone in the nave near the entrance to the chancel with
inscription cut round :
Cawdron que ux. Will, obiit x die Martii An.
Mcccccix cujus awiwe propicietur Deus. Amen.
HECKINGTON 183
On a flat stone in the chancel with the arms cut above — . . . . ,
two bars wavy . . . . , in chief a Hon passant .... Crest — A
demy Hon rampant .... [for Taylor] :
Hie jacet Guilielmus Taylor generosus | quern largiter opibus
omabat Deus. | Ille Deo cultum persolvit | Rem honeste
faciendi sibi legem indixit | injurise memoriam deposuit |
incommodis in rebus proximos suppeditavit | Et egenis in
perpetuum succurrit. | Obiit spe fretus Resurrectionis | 2^^°
die Mali anno salutis 1723°, | ^Etatis suae 73, | in proximo
Franciscus filius ejus sepelitur | invitum quem Mors acerba
surripuit | annos habentem solos triginta septem | lo^ die
Aprilis Ano Do 1720.
On another more to the south :
Here lyeth the body | of Ann Taylor the wife | of William
Taylor, gent., | who departed this | life the 21 day of July |
1714, in the 63rd year | of her age. By him she | had issue
five sons and one | daughter. She was the | daughter of
Mr Richard | Noble and Bridget his wife of Waltham in the |
county of Leicester.
On another stone more to the south :
Here lyeth the body of | Mr Anthony Taylor the son | of
William Taylor, gent., and Anne his wife buried the 5th
day I of March 1713, in the 32 year | of his age. He married
the I onely daughter of Edward | Booth of Alderchurch,
gent., I who had issue by her four sons | and four daughters. |
Here lieth also the body of | William the son of Anthony |
Taylor, gent., and Mary his wife, | bom October the 17, 1704,
buried | October the 24, 1704. | Here | lyeth also the body
of Edward | the son of Anthony Taylor, gent., | and Mary
his wife, bom May | the 25, 1706, buried March the | 5th,
1706. Here lieth also | the body of Mary the daughter | of
Anthony Taylor, gent., and | Mary his wife, bom July the
28th, I 1709, buried August the 11, 1709. | Here lieth also the
body I of Elizabeth the daughter of | Anthony Taylor, gent.,
and Mary his | wife, bom February the 23, 1712, | buried
February the 28, 1712.
On another flat stone more to the north :
In memory of | Katherine the wife of Anthony Taylor | of
this parish, esq., | and eldest daugh^ of John Lawrence j late
of Barnes | in the comity of Surrey, esq. | She departed this
life I much lamented on the 9th day of June 1765, | aged
53. I And also of Anthony Taylor | late of this parish, esq., |
who departed this life in the | 25 day of November 1773, |
aged 66 years. | He was a kind husband, an | affectionate
parent, and a sincere | friend.
On a flat stone in the chancel :
In memory of | William Wetherill | who died May 18. 1810, |
aged 53 years, j Also four children | who died in their infancy.
184 HECKINGTON
On another flat stone :
Sacred | to the memory of | John Searson Simpson, gent., |
who died Novr the 7th, 1777, aged 42 years. | Catherine
Simpson wiie of the above | and daughter of Anthony Taylor,
esq., I died Oct. 31st, 1790, aged 63 years. | Catherine Simpson
daughter of the above | died Sept. 9th, 1788, aged 17 years. |
John Noble Simpson son of | John Anthony Simpson | died
an infant NoV 28th, 1801. | Sarah wife of John Anthony
Simpson | died May the 12, 1801, aged 32 years. | John
Anthony Simpson, gent., | died Dec^ the 1st, 1800, aged 38
years. | John Anthony Simpson son of the above | died
May 20th, 1814, aged 15 years.
On a flat stone in the nave :
Here | lieth the body of ] William Taylor, | gent., | who died
Nov. 15, 1781, I aged 73 years.
On another to the west of the last :
Sacred | to the memory of | John Taylor, [ gent., | who died
June 25, 1818, | aged 71 years.
On a stone tablet over a fire-place near the south door :
Mrs I Faith Ovens | died February 10^^ 1795, | aged 82 | years.
On a flat stone in the south transept called ' Winkills Choir ' :
Sacred to the memory of | Richard Christopher, | gent., |
who departed this life May 22nd, 1809, | aged 66 years. |
Also I Harriet Thorney Clark, | daughter of the above | Rich'*
Christopher, | who departed this life Jan. 22, 1810, | aged
23 years.
On another flat stone :
Sacred | to the memory of | Susanna relict of | Richard
Christopher, gent., | who departed this life | Feby 10, 1826, |
aged 70 years. | Also | Harriet Thorney Christopher, | grand-
daughter of the above, | who departed this life | April 13,
1825, I aged 6 months.
On another stone :
Here lieth the body of | John Christopher, gent., | who
departed this life Aug* 23, 1793, | aged 80 years.
[See also L.R.S. i, 191-2 ; Jeans, 33; Trollope, Sleaford, 389-96.]
(MS i, 93-101.)
?|Elprinsl)am
Notes taken in the church, 14 July, 1834 — This church is very!
fine. It consists of a nave and aisles divided by four pointed!
arches springing from clustered columns, a chancel, with a loftyj
tower, and pinnacled and crocketed spire at the west end, entered]
by a very beautiful door with receding mouldings of great depth.
HELPRINGHAM 185
It has a south porch. Between the nave and the chancel is a
handsome decorated oak screen, but the head of the arch is blocked
up with the King's arms, Commandments, etc. At the west end
of the nave is a gallery (D) of oak in the modern style, but hand-
some of its kind, for the singers. In the south wall of the chancel
are three stone stalls with round arches trefoiled, and a piscina.
In the south aisle is a piscina with crocketed canopy ; and against
the first pillar on the north of the chancel is a similar one, but
blocked up. Near it is a grotesque figure supporting a bracket.
The font is circular, on a massive black marble basement. It
has a range of arches round it, but has been daubed to look
like veined marble. There were four pillars round, but one only
remains.
A brass plate within the north wall of the chancel, within the altar
rails, the inscription in capitals :
Here lieth the boddie of An | thonie Newlove, the elder, |
patron of the vicaridge of | this church of Helpringham |
whoe departed this world y^ | fift day of October 1597.
A marble tablet against the east wall north of the altar :
In memory of | Boaz Baxter late of | this place, gent., who
died I Aug* 31, 1804, aged 74 years. | Likewise of Frances
his wife | who dyed Dec^ 18, 1814, | aged 80 years. | Also |
seven children and | two grandchildren | who died infants.
On a fiat stone within the altar rails in capitals :
Here lyeth y*' body of | Mary the daughter of | William
Cawdron, gent., | and Mary his wife | buried IMarch v^ 14,
1719, I aged 28.
Another more to the north in capitals :
Here lieth j the body of | WilUam y« son | of William |
Cawdron, gent- | til., and Mary | his wife who | was buryed j
the 7th (iay ^f | September 1695.
Another to the west of the last in capitals :
Here lyeth 3^ body of | William Cawdron, gent., | who was
buried | August y« 29, | 1720, | aged 54.
Another to the south in capitals rubbed :
Here lyeth y« body of | EUzabeth the wife of | John Craven |
who was buried | Jan. y^ 18, 1719, | aged 21.
Another more to the south :
In I memory of | William Shilcock | who died Sept. 2, 1829, |
aged 31.
On another stone :
In memory of | John Baxter, gent., | who died August the
7, I 1757, aged 57 years.
On the floor are more stones to the same family.
186 HELPRINGHAM
On a wooden tablet against the south wall of the chancel in gold
letters on a black ground :
Near | this place | lyeth Constance wife | of John Spring-
thorp I died August 28, 1741, aged | 69 years, also three of
his sons, | viz. Thomas, John, and Sam^. | Thos died April 28,
1740, I aged 26, John died Augu* | 4, 1740, aged 24, Samuel |
died Oct. 28, 1740, aged | 19 (followed by the trite verses
beginning ' Affliction sore ', etc.).
On a similar one more to the west :
Near | this place lie | interred the bodies | of John, William,
and Anne, | sons and daughter of John | and Mary Allen
who died as | follows, John Allen 24 April | 1749, aged 16
years, Anne | Allen 13 May 1749, aged 22 | years, William
Allen 26 May | 1749, aged 18 years. (Some verses not worth
transcribing follow.)
There are flat stones in the chancel to the memory of :
John Milner died May 25, 1786, set. 37.
Ann relict of John Willbourn, & formerly wife of John Milner,
died June 26, 1809, aet. 54.
John son of Samuel and Elizabeth Milner died 28 June 1804,
set. 1.
On an oval black tablet against the wall of the north aisle :
Near this place | are deposited the remains of | Susannah |
the wife of Geo^ Mitchinson of Grantham, | eldest son of
the Rev^i T. Mitchinson vicar of this parish. | She died in the
full assurance of Faith April 5, 1820, | aged 29 years. | For
if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, | even so them
also who sleep in Jesus | shall God bring with him. i Thess :
4 : 14.
Another tablet to the west of the last in gold letters on a black
ground :
In memory of | Catharine the wife of | Rev^ Thomas Mitchin-
son I vicar of this parish | who departed this life | after a
long and severe illness, | borne with Christian patience | and
resignation, | on the 13 day of April 1821, | aged 60 years.
On a fiat stone near the entrance to the chancel :
In memory of | Mary the wife of John | Springthorp who
was buried | Nov. the 2^^, 1754, | aged 51 years.
[See also L.R.S. i, 186 ; Jeans, 33-4 ; TroUope, Sleaford. 400-3.J
(MS V, 25-32.)
Notes taken in the church of Hibalstow, 2 September, 1835 —
This church, which is a mean modem building, rebuilt to an old
tower in the year 1799, as is mentioned in a gallery at the west
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end. In the tower are three bells. The font is octagonal, with
strawberry leaves down the lower edge. There is no monumental
memorial whatever, except an old stone (D) near the pulpit, having
had an inscription round the edge, entirely defaced.
[See also Lines. N. ds Q. xi, 46.]
(MS viii, 181.)
Notes taken in the church, 22 July, 1833 —
On a white marble monument on the south of the chancel, the
arms carved above, but too high to be in sight, two cherubs under
in alto relievo :
In memory | of Samuel Richardson, Esq., | an upright magis-
trate I tender husband indulgent parent | generous friend | &
benevolent to all mankind. | He married Elizabeth | the
second daughter & coheiress ] of Benjamin Sanderson, gent., |
by whom he left two children Sigismund & Mary | and departed
this life I the 10 day of Febrv | 1736, aged 56.
On a stone monument with a marble slab next to the last, with
these arms under — Sable, a chevron between three crosslets fiche
argent [for Richardson] ; impaling— Sable, a griflfin segreant
between three mullets argent [Short] :
In memory of | Sigismund Richardson, gent, and | merchant, |
in all stations of life for his | amiable behaviour greatly | and
justly esteemed. | He married Carew the eldest | daughter
of Edward Short of | Litchfield in Staffordshire, | gent., | by
whom he had two sons | and one daughter viz. John, | Sam^,
and EUzabeth. | He died Jan. 4, 1747, | aged xxxii.
On the north wall of the chancel on a stone painted like marble,
with law books above :
Near to this place lie interred the remains | Mr Philip Ashley,
attorney at law, | and steward to the Right Hon*'^^ Lord
Eardley, | who died the 19 day of Dec^ 1794, | aged 50 3^ears. ]
Vir bonus erat. | Also of Margaret the wife of the said | Philip
Ashley | who died the 11 day of May 1788, | aged 47 years, |
and of Mrs Levina Davey Foster | widow of Mr W™ Foster
of Stamford ] who died the 4th day of Sept^ 1793, | aged
56 years.
On a black stone in the chancel (R) :
M. S. I Radulphi Peirson Armigeri | qui obiit | 21 Martii
A.c. 1711, I aetatis 65. | Item Susanna Peirson | uxoris suse
quae obiit | 13 Febri a.d. 1713.
Near this there has been a brass of an inscription now gone.
Against the south wall, in the comer of the north aisle, a white
marble monument with these arms under — Quarterly, 1st and 4th,
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Argent, a double-headed eagle displayed sable [Stukeley] ; 2nd
and 3rd, Argent, two bars [sable] charged with six escallops of
the field [Flete] ; impaling — Sable, a chevron engrailed between
three swans' heads erazed argent [Squire] :
Here lieth the body of | Sarah Stukeley the widow of Adlard
Stukeley late of | Holbeach, gent., | who died the thirty first
day of I Januar}^ 1730, | in the sixty eighth year of her age. j
A mother who with every grace was blest | With all the
ornaments of virtue drest | With whatsoe'er religion recom-
mends I The best of wives of mothers and of friends | And
tho' by death her body's turned to dust | 'Tis fitt we still
commemorate the just | 'Twas here she did adore the highest
Lord I Who to her soul great comfort did afford | 'Twas
here she did with pleasure and content | Receive God's holy
word & sacrament | Since then she loved this sacred place
so well I 'Tis very meet that here her name should dwell.
On a monument of grey and white marble against the east wall
of the north aisle, with the arms of Stukeley under, with this
escucheon over — Argent, two talbots passant sable :
Sacred | to the memory of | Adlard Squire Stukeley, Esq., |
for many years one of his [ Majesty's Justices of the Peace |
for these parts. | He died June the 13, 1768.
On a tablet of white marble against the east wall of the north
aisle :
Thos Wood I son of Tho^ & Elizth Wood [ of Holbeach Marsh |
died 8 Nov. 1812, aged 19 years. | His affectionate parents
erected | this tablet to the memory | of a dutiful son.
Above it is another white marble tablet :
Elizabeth the wife of | Thomas Wood | died Aug. 4, 1823, |
aged 58. | In the hope of a joyful resurrection to | eternal
life through the mercy of God and | the merits of her
Redeemer.
On a black marble monument (D) against the north wall of the
north aisle, with these arms above — Chequy or and azure, a fess
ermine [Calthorpe] ; impaling — [Argent], on a chief [vert] a cross
tau between two mullets or [Drury] ; crest — A wolf's head
couped :
Here lieth interred the body of | Robert Calthorpe, gent.
He I marryed Eliz. Drury one of | ye daughters of John Drury |
of Holt House in ye county of | Norff., esq., who departed
this I life the 16 day of March in the | year of our Lord 166f,
aged 66 years.
Below in black letters on a gilt ground :
Here also lies y® | body of Jonathan | Calthorpe, gent., and
grand | son to the above mentioned Robert, | who departed
this life the 27th of | Feb. 1711-12, aged 25.
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On a white marble tablet above the last :
To the memory of | William Willders | who died Nov. 22,
1805, aged lvii years. | Ann relict of the above | died March 29,
1820, I in her LXin year.
On a black monument in the north aisle :
To the memor}' of | Richard Fawssett | surgeon | who died
April 8th, 1811, I aged 71, | and of | Mary Fawssett | his wife |
who died February 24th, igig, | aged 76.
On a black monument next to the last :
Sacred to the memory of | William Bingham | obiit Augt 14th,
1824, I aged 69 years. | Also Mary relict of the above & fourth |
daur of Francis & EUz. Holliday | [obit March 18th, igso, |
aged 83 years.]
These two next on flat stones m the north aisle :
Adlard fil. | A. & S. Stukeley, [ ob. 4 March 1694. | Sarah
fil. A. & S. I Stukley ob. 28 Octo- | b^ 1692.
On another flat stone close by (D) :
Jana Stukeley | filia | Adlardi Stukeley generosi | & Sarae |
peramantissimse at cliarissimse | conjugis suae | obiit | 23
Augusti I anno salutis nostre 1690, aetat. suae 2.
On another flat stone (R) :
Hie recubant cineres pulchra de stirpe Johannis | Ampleford
atavis Hie requiere suis | pallida mors subito rapuit juvenilibus
annis ] aetatis vemo tempore raptus erat | Ultimus e maribus
generosa stirpe creatur | ultimus antiqui nominis ille fuit |
Deplorat proles sua se charissima conjux j deplorat socii
flentque dolentque sui. | Obiit xii Januar. | Anno D'ni 1701, |
aetat. xxix.
On another flat stone in the north aisle :
Here lieth interred the | body of Thomas Ampleford, | gent.,
who departed this | life the 30 day of March | in the year of
our Lord | 1700, in the 67 | year of his age.
On another (D) :
Here lieth the body of | John Harris who departed | this |
life the 15 day of Nov. | Anno Dom. 1711, | in the 46 year of
his age.
On another flat stone :
Here lieth the body of Mrs Jane Ampleford | who departed
this life ohe 3 day of October | 1700, | in the 39 year of her
age. I Though for our loss we cannot chose but grieve | This
comfort shall our passions yet receive | That Heaven is joWul
and thy blessed state j Shall be a means our griefs to mitigate. |
0 what a happy state it were if we | Had no more cause of
sorrow but for thee.
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On another flat stone partially rubbed (D) :
Here lieth the body | of Martha the wife | of John Bennet,
clerk, I who departed this life | the 19 of July Anno | Dom.
1731, setat. suae 64 | Here also | lieth the body of Lucius |
Henry son of Richard Disney, | gent., and Spincke his wife j
who died 17 day of October | Anno Dom. 1717.
On another flat stone :
Sacred | to the memory of | Mrs Elizabeth Yerburgh | relict
of the late | Richard Yerburgh, Esq., of Frampton, | and
formerly of | Dymoke Cawdron, esq. | (of this place) | who
died March 30, 1800, | in the 80 year of her age. | Also Sarah
the wife of | John Phipps, daughter of | the above Mrs
Yerburgh, ] who died May 16, 1802, | aged 56 years.
On a black stone with these arms — three swans' heads erazed [Collay] :
Sarah Callow | died 11 Feb. 1738, | aged 49.
Close by on a black stone :
Here lieth the body | of Henry the son of | William and Sarah
Callow, I he departed this life | the 23 of July 1724, | set.
11 years.
On a monument against the first pillar at the west end of the middle
aisle, with these arms above — Ermine, a lion rampant sable [Ball] ;
impalmg — Azure, on a chevron three roses [Rands]. The crest —
A demi-lion rampant sable, holding (R) :
In memory of Elinor | the wife of Philip Ball, gen., | of this
parish, and daughter of | Christopher Rands of South
Hyckham in the county of Lin | coin, deceased, ye 24 of
Jan. 1718, | aged 42 years. | Also Mary their daughter an |
infant buried with her. | Say marble or at least weep out
the praise | Of the deceased fairer her character | Than thy
smooth polish. Pen of steel can nere | Her vertues write
nor poets loftiest layes. | Pure as thy spotless gloss her love
will shine | Both conjugal and filial and adorn | Thy monu-
mental trophy. Never urn | Held mortal ashes truly more
divine. | In her no place could envious censure find | Her
generous birth nere to ambition fired | The beauties of her
person but conspired | To enhance the charming beauties of
her mind, j Innocent as the babe that caused her death. |
Her charity diffusive as the sun | And active equally. Tread
lightly on | Her grave for such was she lyes underneath.
Below is a hand pointing to the stone underneath.
On the second pillar is a similar monument ; above, the arms of
Ball, impaling — Sable, a chevron between three lions' heads, erazed
or. Ball crest above (D) :
Near | this place lies interr'd [ the body of Richard | Ball
of Holbeach, gent., | who | was a chief promoter | of trade
and merch- | andise, and brought | the benefit and advan- |
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tage thereof to the place | of his residence, | a laudable example
for I posterity, he departed this | life June the 21, 1721, |
aetat. 68.
A hand also here pointing down.
Against the west wall north of the tower this monument :
To the memory | of | Joseph Harrisson, esq., | who | departed
this life I on the | 11 of Nov. 1809, | in the | 41 year of his
age. I In the midst of life we are in death.
The arms under — Azure, a fleur de lis argent [for Harrison]. It is
executed in yellow and white marble.
Under the preceding a white sarcophagus :
Charles Harrisson | of | Jesus College Cambridge | died the
9 of April 1825, | aged 22. | Weep not for him, in his spring
time he flew | To that land where the wings of the soul are
unfurled | And now like a star beyond evening's cold dew |
Looks radiantly down on the tears of this world.
On a black stone at the west end of the north aisle :
In memory of Jonathan Barnard, gent., | who departed this
life the 13th of | April Anno Domini 1721, in the 28th | year
of his age.
On a black marble tablet against the wall at the east end of the
south aisle (D) :
Near this place rest the remains of | Mr William Brown | a
native of Bingham in Nottinghamshire,] but for some years |
a grocer and draper in this town, he died | universally
respected ] April 4, 1811, in the 40th year of his age. | An
honest man's the noblest work of God.
Upon another more to the south (D) :
In memory of | Mrs Mary Brown relict of | Mr William Brown
a native also of Bingham | in Nottinghamshire, at which
place I she died July 25, 1814, | aged 34 years, and was brought
here for | interment with her husband | on the 29th of the
same | month.
On a marble monument to the south of the last with arms above —
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, three snowdrop flowers slipped
proper [for Palmer] ; 2nd and 3rd, Azure, three fleur de lis argent ;
impaling — . . . . , a chevron .... between three lions' paws,
erazed sable [Brecknock].
To the memory of | Mr Samuel Palmer | who died the 19 of
June 1741, | in the 41st year of his age. | Also to the memory
of I Mrs Ann Palmer | relict of | Mr Samuel Palmer | and
daughter of | Mr James Brecknock, m.d., | who died the
11th of Sept. 1781, I in the 72 year of her age.
A grey and white pyramidal monument to the west of the last
mentioned :
Near this place | lieth the body of | Jolm Wilkinson, gent., |
who died April 2nd, 1771, aged 58 years.
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Another one more to the west, arms below — Argent an oak tree,
fruited proper, over all a fesse azure charged with a cinquefoil
between two estoiles argent [Watson] :
Sacred to the memory of | Elizabeth the wife | of Mr Jonathan
Watson of Holbeach | and daughter of Mr John Watson | of
the same place | who departed this life Decem. 1st, 1773, j
aged 34. | Also three of their children who died infants.
A similar one more to the west :
In memory of | Ann Davey | the wife of Jacob Davey, gent., |
who died on the 3^"'^ day of September 1813, | aged 61 years. |
The above Ann Davey | was daughter of | Abraham Sheath,
sen^, gent., | formerly of Boston in this county, | an excellent
father and sincere friend. | Ann Catherine Davey | their
child I died an infant.
A small oblong marble tablet below :
Here lieth the body of | Jane Davey, spinster, | the daughter
of Jacob Davey late of | Holbeach, gentleman, by Margaret
his wife | who departed this life the 16 day of | March 1755,
aged twenty four years, | Extreamly ] affable courteous,
humane and charitable, | as she was greatly respected whilst
living, I so at her death was universally j lamented. | Life
is a journey of a winter's day | Where many breakfast & then
post away | Some few stay dinner & depart full fed | Fewer
that sup & then retire to bed.
A yellow marble tablet with white slab more to the west, with
arms of Watson — viz., Argent, an oak, fruited proper, over all,
on a fesse azure a cinquefoil between three estoiles argent :
To the memory | of Mrs Elizabeth Watson | wife of Mr John
Watson I who departed this life April the 4, 1768, | aged 57
years. | Also of [ Mr John Watson | who died February the
14, 1771, I aged 64 years.
Upon another, close by the south door, arms over — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Azure, three arrows or [for Brecknock] ; 2nd and
3rd, Argent, three fleur de lis sable [? for Palmer] ; impaling — Or,
a chevron azure, between three lions' heads sable. Crest — An arm
in a sling proper :
In memory of | James Brecknock, m.d., | who departed this
life I December 23^, 1746, | aged 66 years.
A brown stone tablet on the west side of the door :
To the memory | of Edward Worley son of | George Worley &
Judith I his wife born at little Houghton | in Northampton-
shire I Feb. 5, 1738-9, | died of the small pox | in this parish
October 26**^, 1763. j A youth of distmguished abilities | of a
most obliging & sweet disposition | and of whom his parents
had justly | conceived the greatest hopes.
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On a black flat stone in the south aisle :
Here lyeth interred y^ body | of Mr John Rix | who departed
this life May y^ 21^^, \ 1718, in y« 43 year of his age. | Here
also lyeth interred y® body | of Martha relict of y® said Mr \
John Rix who departed this | life Feb. ye 7, 1730, in y« 60th
year | of her age. | They left only one daughter surviving.
A brown stone monument against the west wall in two columns :
(1) Near this place lieth | the body of John Northon, g*, |
who departed this life y® 21^^ of April 1751, | aged fifty four
years. | And likewise | Avis Northon his first wife who | died
the 15^'! day of September 1724, | aged 27 years, | and Mary
their daughter who | died the 30**^ day of May 1734, ( aged
11 years, | and 8 children infants | by Margaret Northon his
widow I now living.
(2) Near this place lieth | the body of Margaret the | widow
of Mr George Sutton | of Folkingham in this j county | who
departed this life the twenty second | day of March 1750, |
aged seventy eight years. | In memorj^ of ^largaret Northon |
who died NoV 7, 1779, | aged 76 yeai-s.
Upon a flat stone to the west in the south aisle :
To the memory | of Edward Davey, gent., | who died March
19, 1754, I in the 37 year of his age. | Also Mary his wife who
died July | the 21, 1748, aged xxxiv years. | Also five of
their children, namely, | Jacob, Mary, Jacob, & Edward, |
who died infants, and William | who died Nov. 14, 1760,
aged 14 years. | Also to the memory of Ann Rhodes | second
wife of Edward Davy and | afterwards wife of Laurence
Rhodes, | gent. Her remains are deposited in a | vault
adjoining the next pillar on the | east, she died Feb^ y^ 2^,
1787, I aged 74 years.
Upon another more to the west :
Sacred | to the memory of | Mary Davey Key | the wife of
John Key | who died on the 26tii of May 1801, | aged xxxn. |
Also of their six infant children, | namely |
1 Edward Davey Key Mary Robinson Key 4
2 Robinson Key Levin Key 5
3 Davey Key Mary Key 6
At the east end of the stone lie tL remains | of her maternal
grandfather | Edward Davey, | And at the west end the
remains of her | maternal amit Esther Betham. | Qualis vita
Finis ita.
Upon another more to the south :
Sacred | to the memory of | John Key, gent., | who died on
the 10*^ of Jmie 1810, | aged xlvii years.
Upon another to the west of the last :
In memory | of Esther wife of | JMr Brian Betham | of
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Peterborough surgeon | who departed this life | the 28th of
Nov. 1766, I aged 27 years. | Also of | Levina the widow of | Mr
Mathew Robinson, surgeon, | and sister of the above | who
departed this life | the 3rd of March 1823, | aged 79 years.
On another to the west (D) :
William Slater esq. | died July 1st, 1829, | in the 74th year
of his age.
On another to the west (D) :
In memory of | Zachariah Johnson | who departed this life |
Sep. XXVI, MDCCCXXvi, I aged lxvi.
On another more to the west with an edging of marble round (D) :
Sacred to the memory | of Mr Aaron Thompson | who departed
this life I the 30th of Septem. 1795, | aged 75 years. | Also
of John Torry Elston | son of Torry and Elizabeth Elston |
late of Holbeach, | now of , merchant, ] who died
the 14 of February 1794, | aged 8 years, | and one child died
ar infant.
Another to the north (D) :
In memory of | John Hursthouse | gent. | who was interred
June 11, I 1787.
Upon another to the west of the last mentioned (D) :
Here lieth the body of | William Everson, | mercer, | who
departed this life Oct^ 12, 1761, | aged 46 years. | He had issue
2 sons I who both survived him. | Sacred | to the memory
of I Mary relict of William Everson, gent., | who departed
this life March 16th, 1795, | in the 85 year of her age.
A flat stone at the east end of the south aisle (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Michael Keightley | who departed
this life I Oct^" the 20, 1785, | aged lxvii years. | He lived
justly esteemed & respected j and died worthy & much
lamented.
Another to the west of the last (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Mary relict of Michael Keightley,
gent., I who departed this life | April 13th, 1794, | in the 76
year of her age, | a virtuous, well disposed, | charitable, good,
christian. | Also George son of | Michael & Mary Keightley |
who departed this life | April 19, 1787, | aged 32 years.
On a small one more to the north (D) :
Here | lieth the body of Eliz- | abeth the daughter of | John
and Avis Northon | who departed this life | the 23rd day of
July I 1719, I in the 1st year of | her age. | Also John son
of I John and Margaret | Northon died May ] 17th, 173[1] . .
Upon another more to the west (D) :
In memory of Avis | the wife of John Northon | who departed
this life y« 11th | day of September 1724, in the 27th | year
of her age.
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On a black flat stone to the west of the last (R) :
In memory of | Mr Bartholomew Northon, | mercer, | who
died April 27, 1763, | aged 42, | Also one child in its infancy.
Another to the south (D) :
There | lieth the remains of the | Rev^ John Northon, | curate
of Gedney | upwards of 40 years, | during which time his
conduct I was such as deserved the mark | ed esteem of his
parishioners, | he died on the 2d April 1814, | aged Lxvni, |
lamented by all his friends | and acquaintance.
On another (D) :
In memory of | Esther the wife of John [ Ratcliff, gent.,
who departed | this life the 21 of February | 1724, in the
33d year of her | age.
On a fiat stone close by the font (D) :
John I Thos Everson Harrison | died August 8, 1795, | aged
3 years, j Of such is the Kingdom | of God.
A grey pyramidal monument with white slab, against the north
corner of the arch to the chancel, with an urn over, and these arms
below — Quarterly, 1st and 4th . . . . , a cross couped . . . [for
Everson] ; 2nd and 3rd . . . . , three fleur de lis. Crest — A stag's
head (R) :
Sacred to the memory of | John Everson, esq., | died the
29 of January 1801, | aged 61. | Thomas Everson, gent., |
died Jany 17, 1808, aged 67. | Margaret Everson relict of the
above | named Thomas Everson died Jan. 10, 1827, | aged 81.
A similar one on the south corner of the arch, arms below — Azure >
a chevron ermine, cotised or, between three martlets of the last
[for Northon] (D) :
Near this place lie the remains | of Edward Northon, esq., |
late major of the Royal South Lincolnshire Militia, | in
which regiment he served upwards of thirty years. | He
departed this life the 25th of April 1797, | aged 60 years. |
This monument is erected to his memory | by his affectionate
and only sister Ann Buckworth | wife of Theophilus Buck-
worth I of Spalding in this county.
This is a very beautiful church. The nave is separated from its
two aisles by seven fine pointed arches springing from lofty clustered
columns. The style of the church is of the Decorated period and
the windows very handsome. The clerestory has fourteen. The
arch to the tower is open and very lofty. The tower has a groined
roof, and is surmounted by a spire. On the north side is a porch
flanked at the entrance by two curious round towers. On the
south side is another porch which has a very remarkable acute
pointed arch, more so than any I remember to have seen. The
spire is crocketted, and the whole church presents a beautiful
example of the architecture of the reign of Edward III. At the
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west end of the north aisle is a very handsome altar tomb, on
which is the recumbent figure of a knight clad in plate and mail,
his hands clasped over his breast, with his feet resting upon a lion,
and his hand upon what is apparently a crest, being the head and
neck of a man clothed in a coif or garment of net work. Round
the tomb are eight shields, viz. — . . . . , three lions passant
[Littlebury] ; . . . . and .... three bars ermine (Kirton), alter-
nately. This monument is ascribed to a Sir Humphry Littlebury,
and the arms are those of the family.
On a brass plate in the nave much rubbed is this inscription in the
old character, now hardly legible. The parts, now obliterated,
have however been preserved by an entry of one of the vicars in
the register, in the third volume, on the flyleaf :
Orate pro awima [domine] Johanne Welby [quondam]
filie Richardi [Leake], militis, [nuper uxoris Thome
Welby, armigeri, que obiit xviii die mensis Decembris],
an[no domini MCCCCLXXXvrn, cujus anime propicietur] deus,
Amen.
There is a curious font in the church ; it is octagon, supported
on a pannelled basement, and raised by two steps from the ground.
On each face of the top is the figure apparently of a saint, but too
much mutilated to be discovered with certainty.
[See also L.R.S. i, 178; Jeans, 34; Churches of Holland;
Macdonald, Holbeach Parish Register, 66-109.]
(MS ii, 71-107.)
Jlolton fleckering
Notes taken in the church, 15 October, 1840 — This is one of the
handsomest churches in the prettiest village in this part of Lincoln-
shire. It is entered by a very handsome porch on the south side,
with a Gothic doorway beautifully crocketed and lighted by side
windows of three mullions. Carved outside on the stone wall of
the church are two shields ; one to the west of the porch bears —
Three water bougets [? Roos] ; impaling two lions passant ; the
other on the east, just where the nave joins the chancel, bears —
Three water bougets ; impaling — Checquy [Bekering]. Inside,
the church consists of a nave divided from a north and south
aisle by three pointed arches on each side, and a chancel. In
the windows are some fragments of painted glass, and there are
some old flat stones (D) which have had inscriptions, but now
defaced.
Against the north wall of the north aisle is a marble tablet with
these arms — Party per pale or and azure, on a chief gules three
leopards' heads cabossed or [Caldccot] ; impaling — Party per
I
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chevron engrailed gules and argent, three talbots' heads, erazed
counterchanged (Duncombe) :
In memory of Gilbert Caldecot Esq'" | Colonel of the Royal
North Lincoln Militia | who died July 6th, 1796, | aged 86 years.
I Also of Thomas Caldecot, Esq., m.d. : f.a.s. : | who died at
Bath January 15th 1802, | aged 63 years. | Also of | Sarah
Caldecot daughter of Gilbert Caldecot Esq'" | and wife of
Thomas Caldecot, | who died at Llanbedrog, Caernarvonshire,
N. Wales, | January 9th 1825, aged 62 years.
This last monument is close to the vault of the Caldecot family
which is under a chapel north of the chancel, and the roof of which
causes the floor of this chapel to be elevated some feet above the
flooring of the chancel. One stone in the north aisle has had a
brass now gone.
On a marble tablet on the north side of the chancel :
Sacred to the memory of | Mary Margaret the beloved wife
of the Rev. John Hale a.m. | rector of this parish, | who
departed this transitory life on the 22 Feb. a.d. 1817, | aged
36 years. | Not more as a testimony of his sincere affection
and regret | than solemnly to warn the thoughtless | that in
the midst of life we are in death, | and to make known to
posterity a singular pattern of | blameless and endearing
manners and of every domestic virtue | her afflicted husband
hath caused this j monument to be erected.
N.B. Mr. Hale rector of Holton gave me the following few
particulars of the Caldecots, lords of Holton, whose place is close
by and now tenanted by Mr Burton. Gilbert Caldecot had only
one surviving daughter, his heir, by his wife who was a Duncombe
of y^ present Lord Feversham's family. This daughter married
contrary to her father's wish, a Dr Reid who took the name of
Caldecot after Gilbert's death ; by her he had issue, and his eldest
son, the present Mr Caldecot, owner of Holton, married a daughter
of Mrs Hale. Mrs (Reid) Caldecott, after her husband's death,
remarried, at Bath, Mr Wm Lloyd Jones who married her for her
money, and to whom the present Mr Caldecot pays £200 per An.
to keep him from cutting down timber at Holton.
(MS ix, 241-243.)
Notes taken in the chapel, 16 July, 1834 — This church contains
no monumental memorial. It is prettily situated in the midst of
trees in the park of General Reynardson and consists merely of a
nave, and a tower at the west end supported on four arches. The
door is of Norman character and curious. The east window is
filled with pieces of old painted glass put together confusedly, and
198 HOLYWELL
at the top are three shields. The first bears the amis of Reynardson
viz. — Or, two chevrons engrailed gules, on a canton gules a mascle
argent ; crest — A tiger or leopard's head erminois, murally crowned
or. The second bears Reynardson — impaling — Argent, on a chevron
sable five horseshoes or ; crest — A cameleopard statant chained or
[Crispe]. The third is Rejniardson — impaling — Three eagles dis-
played in fesse or ; crest — An eagle displayed or [Wynne].
[See also O.M., 1862, part ii, 739.]
(MS v, 55.)
Notes taken in the church, [blank] August, 1831 — The church is
large and built in the form of a cross with a low tower in the
centre.
On a stone tablet against the north wall of the chancel :
Near this place lyes | the bodies of | Thomas Thimbleby |
and Jane his wife. | He departed this life | May 23, 1727,
aged 65 | years. She departed Nov. | the 2nd, 1727, aged
57 years. | Thomas gave to the poor of | Horbling 6^ per
annum, | Jane gave 4^ per an. to be | disposed of yearly on |
Good Fryday for ever.
On another tablet, to the west of the last :
Sacred | to the memory of | Thomas Tomisman | who died
9th of June 1804, | aged 20 years. | Also | of Henry Tomis-
man I who died 20 August 1808, | aged 17 years, | and also |
six other children who | died in their infancy.
On another tablet, further to the west :
To the memory of | William Tomisman | who died 1st of
August 1817, I aged 84 years. | Also of | Elizabeth his wife |
who died 27th March 1819, | aged 70 years.
On a stone tablet, to the west of the last :
Sacred | to the memory of | Sarah the daughter of | William &
Elizabeth Tomisman | who died 6th June 1798, | aged 23
years | Also | of Mary Tomisman who | died 15 September
1799, I aged 19 years | Also | of Elizabeth Tomisman | who
died 12 May 1800, | aged 23 years.
On a marble tablet against the south wall of the chancel :
Sacred to the memory of | Eliz. daughter of | Will. & Eliz*^
Tomisman | who died Feb. 3, 1814, | aged 2 | years.
On another to the west :
Sacred to the memory of | William Tomisman | who died
Jan. 22, 1816, | aged 38 years.
On a marble monument in the north transept with the arms above
HORBLING 199
— [Argent], two lions passant giiardant .... [sable] [for Brown] ;
impaling — [Argent], a saltier [azure] [Yorke] :
Here is interred y^ body of Mr Edward Brown of Hor | bling
who died y^ 27 of March 1692 in y^ 49 year of his | age. In
his life he served his country and was a benefac- | tor to this
parish, for by his last will (bearing date y^ 7th | day of Feb.
1691) he bequeathed in manner following | Then I give that
my farm in Wigtoft in the tenure of Nicholas | Davison of
the yearly rent of eleven pounds fifteen shill. | to the use
and benefit of the parish of Horbling for ever & | my will is
that the rents and profitts of the same shall be implo- | yd as
followeth that is to say that thirty shillings be yearly | paid
for the rent of some convenient house in Horbling for j^ \
dwelling house of y^ teacher & five pounds yearly to be for j
y® quarterly [stipend] that is to say five and twenty shillings
the quarter to some | honest & sober person either a man or a
woman that shall be of y* | Protestant reformed rehgion &
that is well qualified for y^ | teaching ten poor children whose
parents are at that time | or were when living inhabitants
of Horbling to read English | till they can read well in the
Bible & also for y^ catechizing | y® said four children &
instructing them in y^ Christian Re- | ligion & I will that
twenty shillings be yearly laid out | to buy Bibles, primers,
psalters and Catechisms for y® said poor | children & I will
that three pound ten shillings be yearly la- | yd to the putting
one poor child of the to■^^l aforesaid | Apprentice to some
handy craft trade and what shall remain of | y^ rent & profitts
of y® said farm necessary & incident charges | thereunto
belonging be deduced shall be disposed of at y® | discretion
of y® trustees mentioned in y^ aforesaid will | In perpetual
memory whereof Philippa Brown | his wife [daughter of
Mr William Yorke of Leesmgham] | at her charge placed
this monument.
On another handsome marble monument against the north wall, with
these arms — Argent, two lions passant guardant sable [Brown] :
Erected | to the memory of | Edward Brown, Esq., | who
departed this life March the | 18, 1731, in the 85 year | of
his age, | a person excellent both in his publick & | domestic
character, of steady loyalty, | sincere Religion, a lover of
virtue without | ostentation, of great humanity probity & \
beneficence much esteemed for his affability | and charitable
disposition. | He gave the sum of two hundred pound to |
procure the bounty of Queen Anne for a | perpetual augmenta-
tion of the vicarage of | this church together with divers
pieces of | fair & costly plate for the holy communion, | and
left by his will the sum of twenty pound | to be emploj^ed
in the most proper manner for j the sole use & benefit of the
200 HOBBLING
poor of Horbling. | These donations are exposed in this publick
manner | not for ostentation but for imitation.
On a marble monument with the arms of Brown under :
Near | this place lyes the remains of | Elizabeth Brown
spinster | daughter of Thomas Brown gent. | & Anne his
wife. I She was by nature endued with a clear understanding |
conspicuous to all who [lived] with her & chiefly | exercised
in the good act of reconciling contending | parties by the
principles of vertue with charity & | humanity which were
constantly employed in the pious | ends of consolation to
the afflicted | & liberality to the | distressed. She was
singularlj'^ happy in the choice of her | acquaintance with
whom a friendship once contracted was ever | after sincere &
inviolable strictly observing the duty & | affection due to
her parents. | Actuated by these principles after a long &
painful I affliction endured with the greatest temper & resigna-
tion I she dyed possessed of the love & esteem of all who |
[knew] her Sept. y® 2nd, 1737, aged 21. | Quicquid amas
cupias non placuisse nimis. | Also of Mary | another of their
daughters who | dyed May the 5th, 1751, | aged 37. | Also
of the above named father who dyed Jan. y* 3rd, | 1759,
in the 73 year of his age.
On another stone tablet, in the transept :
Hie jacet | Jana uxor Edwardi Brown gen. | Filia Thomse
Bristowe de Beesthorpe | Armig : | Mater tredecim Uberorum |
Obiit undecimo die Septembris [1699] | setat. 48 | non sine
lachrymis.
Above this is a hatchment with the arms of Browne ; impaling —
Ermine, on a fess, cotised sable, three crescents or [Bristowe] (D).
On a neat marble tablet against the wall of the south aisle :
Sacred to the memory of | Harriet the wife of | Benjamin
Smith I of this parish | who died August 15, 1808, | in the
23'^'^ year of her age. | The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken
away | Blessed be the name of the Lord.
On a fiat stone in the nave with the arms cut above, .... three
shuttles .... Crest — A hand [Shuttleworth] (D) :
Here lyeth the body of | Thomas Shuttleworth | of Brigend,
Esq., who dyed | 1st of May 1695, aged 59.
In the north transept is a fragment of moulding with these arms
on a shield in the centre — Quarterly, 1st, A fesse indented . . ,
between six billets . . . [de la Laund] ; 2nd, ... a lion salient
double queued ; 3rd, On a fesse . . . between six gauntlets ....
three crosses botony fitche [Wyke] ; 4th, . . a cross between six
falcons [Tey] ; . . . . supported by a man and woman kneeling.
[See also L.R.S. i, 192 ; Peet, Registers of the Parish of Horbling,
xxi-xxv.] (MS i, 71-79.)
HOWELL 201
Notes taken in the church, August 11, 1834 — This church consists
of a nave and north aisle, divided by two round Norman arches
resting on plain cokimns, a chancel, and north chapel, with a bell
niche and gable double at the west end. The font is octagonal, with
shields in quatrefoyls, the bearings that remain are :
(1) [Or], a bend [azure] between six martlets [sable —
Luttrell].
(2) ... a plain cross.
(3) Ermine five fusills in fesse gules [Hebden] ; impaling —
Gules, a bend ermine [Rye].
(4) Ermine five fusills in fesse [Hebden].
(5) . . . , a chevron . . . between three chaplets.
(6), (7), and (8) are effaced.
On the step leading to the altar are these words plainly to be
perceived, ' Hie Deum adora '.
In a wall south of the altar are two square recesses going far
back.
In the chapel north of the chancel, under a low arch in the north
wall, is a stone with the half figure of a female, executed in the
sunken style, in a wimple, with her hands clasped ; a little lower
on the stone is a similar figure of a smaller size, appearing to repre-
sent an infant, but on opening the tomb some ten years back the
remains of two skeletons of equal size were found lying back to
back.
Opposite to this is a mural monument of marble, much dilapidated,
flanked by two Corinthian pillars, having the figures of a knight
in half armour kneeling before a desk, with his lady opposite in a
black plaited robe, veil, and ruff. The arms are effaced, and below
the figures is this inscription in capitals in two columns :
(1) Here lieth Sir Charles Dymoke of Howell, knight, | second
son to S^ Edward Dymoke of Scrielsby, | knight. Champion
to y® Crowne of England, w'^^ S^ | Charles married Margaret
widow to Ml" Anthon : | Butler of Coates, esq., who also here
lieth, I by whom first shee had five sonnes viz. | Charles,
Will"\ Anthony, John, & Henry, & one | daughter Katherine,
wife to S"" John Langton, | knight, & by S"^ Charles had one
dau'r I Bridget who died in | her infancy.
(2) To whose memory | in grateful testimony of his love & |
reverent respect S'" Edward Dymok, | knight, nephew to y^
sayd Sir Charles | hath made & erected | this monument.
There is no date nor do I see any place for one.
An old flat stone at the west end of the nave with this inscription
round :
Hie iacet Ricardus Boteler de Howell qui obiit 2° die mens'
202 HOWELL
August! aw.7?o domini mcccclvii et Matilda uxor eius que
obiit VI die Januarii anno supradicto quorum animabus
propicietur Deus.
Another stone in the chancel has this inscription round :
[Nicholaus de] Hebden miles qui mensis Aprilis a^
d'ni Mccccxvi cuius amwe propiciet' Deus [blank] Katerina
[blank] mensis Novembr' a^ d'ni mccccxxvii.
To the north of the last is another stone, but the inscription is
effaced, and still more to the north is another stone which has on
it, still legible, ' obiit xv die ' ; the rest is effaced.
Another further to the north is quite illegible.
A stone within the altar rails bears the figure of a priest in his
canonicals cut on it ; with this inscription round :
Hie iacet magister Joh'nes Croxby quondam rector istius
ecclesie qui obiit die mensis . . . . a° d'ni mcccc . . .
cuiiLS amme propicietur Deus.
On a flat stone in the chancel in capitals :
Here lyeth | y^ body of Joseph | son of y® Reverend | M^
Joseph Greenhill | & Catharine his | wife, he dep*^ this | life
Jan. ye 12, | 1719.
In the possession of Edmund Brookes, esq., of Howell, is a frag-
ment of painted glass which was dug up near his house ; it bears
two swords and two griffins' heads or. It is understood that they
have no old register or records, they being taken away by the
Dymoke family, as it is reported, about half a century ago.
[See also L.R.S. i, 187-9; Trollope, Sleaford, pp. 409-11.]
(MS V, 101-105.)
Sngolbsitjj)
Notes taken in the church, 30 July, 1833 —
On a flat stone in the nave (R) :
Here lies the body | of Mr Fortmiatus Hew- | et son of John
He wet, I gent., and Eliz. his wife | who died May the 21,
1701, BBtat. 66.
The font is octagonal, with a shield on each side ; but they are
all plain except on the east, where is a chevron charged with three
crosses botony.
Flat stone in the nave (R) :
Here lieth the
exalted to the
body of pious Mrs | Mary Paget who | was
Great God and | Our Saviour Jesus | Christ,
on the day | of his Ascension | May 6th, 1725.
This church consists of a nave and two aisles, separated on the
north by three Norman arches with round columns, on which are
IRNHAM 203
foliated capitals, and south by three pointed arches, a chancel,
and a tower at the west end. Painted glass in the east window of
the south aisle, and arms— Argent, a chief dancee azure [Nevile].
Argent, three cinquefoils azure. Very old north and south doors
and old pewing.
[See also L.R.8. i, 204.]
(MS ii, 241-242.)
Srnljam
Notes taken in the church, 26 July, 1833 —
On a white marble monument against the south wall of the north
chapel with arms under, nearly effaced impaling
— A bend between two escallops or [for Petre] :
Infra | jacent corpora Johannis Thimelby Armig^^ | (cujus
progenitor Richardus Thimelby de Pollam | duxit filiam et
hseredem Godfridi Hilton militis | cujus mater erat filia et
hseres Andreae Luttrell mil. | et per hoc connubium diversa
maneria et banc totam | parochiam de Imham sibi et suc-
cessoribus suis per | multas generationes in directo descensa
unde ortus | acquisivit) Ac etiam Dorothese uxoris ejus filise |
lUustrissimi Domini Domini Roberti Petre | Baronis de
Writtle I propter beneficentiam eximiam charitatem | aliasque
Christianas virtutes ambo | admodum insignes | Qui quidem
Johannes obiit vicesimo quinto | Junii anno mdccxii | setatis
suae septuagesimo octavo Dicta autem | Dorothea ex hac
vita migravit nono Decembris | Anno mdccxx aetatis suae |
octogesimo sexto | quibus propitietur Deus. | Nati sunt
eis duo filii ambo in infantia surrepti | et una filia Maria
nunc vidua Thomae Gifford de | Chillington in agro Staffordiensi
armigeri I quae in memoriam charissimorum | parentum hoc
posuit.
On a black stone in the floor under the above monument :
>]A The Hon. Dorothy Thimelby | daughter to the Rt Hon'^i®
Robert | Lord Petre dyed the 9 of DeC" | 1720, aged 86 years,
and I is here interred. | Requiescat in pace.
On a similar black stone next to the last :
^p< John Thymelbj^ Esq., | the last heire male of his | ancient
family died 25 ] of June 1712, aged 78 years, | and is here
interred. | Requiescat in pace.
On a white marble oval monument against the north wall of the
chapel with these arms under — Per fesse argent and gules, a lion
rampant per fesse sable and argent [Percy] :
Juxta sepelitur corpus | Gulielmi Percy ex antiqua | familia
apud Stubs Walden | In agro Eboracensi obiit 18° | Junii
Arino Domini mdccxix | aetatis 59° ] Cui propitietur Deus |
204 IRNHAM
In memoriam charissimi patris sui | hoc posuit | Unica ejus
filia I Elizabetha Percy.
On a stone under the above monument :
Here | lyeth the body | of William Percy, gent., | who dyed
June ye 18, | 1719.
On a stone also in the pavement of the north chapel :
>^ To the memory of | the Reverend | Mr Henry Brent |
many years chaplain | to Lord and Lady | Arundell | who
departed this life | the 9 day of January 1787, | aged 70. |
Requiescat in pace.
In the centre of the pavement is the brass of a knight under a
canopy, with his feet on a lion, and this inscription in old character :
Hie jacet Andreas Loutrell miles dominus de Imham qui
obiit VI to die Septe^nbr' a^ domini millmmo ccc^ nonagesimo
cui-?** awime propicietwr Deus.
In the north aisle on a flat stone :
►J< To the memory of ] the Reverend ( Thomas Walton
chaplain | to Lord and Lady | Arundell | at Imham | who
departed this life | on the 14 day of May 1797, | aged 60 years. |
Requiescat in pace.
On a flat stone in the middle of the nave :
Be it remembered | that the tomb stone | which was over
the I remains here | interred of | S'* Andrew Lutterell | knight |
Lord of Imham | who departed this | life in the year of [ our
Lord 1394 [sic], was | in 1788 removed into | the family
chapell I in this church.
There is in the chancel the brass of a knight, but the lower part
of the legs with the inscription are gone.
On the floor of the chancel :
y^ Her lyeth the body of | Edward Ignatius | Newton, esq., |
who departed this life | the thirty first of January | 1795, j
setat. suae 42.
A very handsome canopied tomb (R) still remains on the north side
of the chancel. There are three ogee arches crocketted above,
and adorned with pinnacles between. The fretwork is very beautiful,
and in tolerable preservation. No figure or inscription.
An atchievement (D) against the south wall of the chapel —
Quarterly, argent and sable, a label gules for difference [Conquest] ;
impaling — Azure, on a chief or, a demi lion gules, with a border
argent [Markham]. Crest — apparently a tree but torn.
In the chapel north of the chancel, against the south wall, is a
handsome monument of yellow and white marble ; at the top a
IRNHAM 205
medallion in basso relievo of Faith, Hope, and Charity, this
inscription below in capitals :
Benedict Conquest of Imham | in the county of Lincoln,
Esq., I ob : the 27 of October 1753 set. 45. | And Mary his
wife daughter of | Thomas Markham of Ollerton | in the county
of Nottingham, Esq., | ob. the 2^ of February 1745, aet. 38.
Upon another white slab below also in capitals :
Stop and attentive view this scene of death | Another lies
this hallowed earth beneath | Happy in virtue calm resigned
serene | Tho' doomed by sickness to a life of pain | A father
lies whom rich whom poor approved | In death lamented
as in life beloved | Five children once to bless their lives
were given | Two rapt in infant innocence to Heaven | Two
more Thus God resumed the gifts he gave | Met just in
opening youth an early grave | One only one remains with
weeping eye | The spot to point out where their relics lie |
Christina pays this duty to their fame | And marks the marble
with a parents name | Hail shades for ever honoured lov'd &
mourn 'd | Tho' what was dust be now to dust returned | All
is not dead, gone is the vital breath | But virtue lies immortal
e'en in death | Blest are those hearts which felt the poor
mans woe | Those eyes whence charity taught tears to flow |
And tongues which once could misery beguile | Make orphans
happy and the widow smile | Rest here, cries hope, in mercy
rest secure | Parents of Arundell and of the poor.
On a white marble monument against the south wall of the chapel
above is a woman weeping over an urn :
►J^ I D. O. M. I Near this place | are deposited the remains |
of the honourable | Maria Christina Arundell | eldest daughter
and coheir of | Henry Lord Arundell, 8th Baron of Wardour ]
and Count of the Sacred Roman Empire, | by Maria Christina
only daughter and heir | of Benedict Conquest, Esq., of
Imham Hall | in this county. | She married February 3rd,
1785, James Everard | eldest son of the honourable Everard
Arundell | by Ann only daughter and heir of John Windham,
Esq., I of Ashcombe in the county of Wilts. | After a long
and painful illness | she closed a life of charity benevolence
and virtue | by a pious death February 14, 1805, | aged 40
years. | She hath opened her hand to the needy | And stretched
out her hand to the poor. ] The woman that feareth the
Lord I She shall be praised. Proverbs chap. 31. | Requiescat
in pace. | Henry Lord Anmdell dying Dec. 4, 1809, | was
succeeded in his titles | by James Everard Arundell, Esq., ]
now nmth Lord Arundell of Wardour | who erects this
monument ] to the memory of | his deceased Maria.
On a neat marble tablet below :
M. Eliz : Blanch Arundell | Nata Aug. 6, 1800. | Obiit July 7
206 IRNHAM
1802. I Ascend my child obey the Almighty's will | Console
my heart and be my Angell still.
On a large blue flat stone in the floor :
*^ To the memory of | Mary Conquest sole wife of | Benedict
Conquest of Irnham in | the county of Lincoln and of Hough-
ton I Conquest in the county of Bedford, | esq., and daughter
of Thomas Markham | of OUerton in the county of | Nottmg-
ham and of Claxby in the | county of Lincoln, esq., who
departed | this life the 2^ of Febv 1745, [ set. 38. | Requiescat
in pace. | Who can find a virtuous woman for her | price is
far above rubies. Pro v. 31.
In this chapel also are deposited the | remains of Benedict
Conquest aged | 2 months and 8 days buried Sep. 11th, 1739, |
and Mary Conquest aged 4 months 2 | weeks and 6 days
buried Jan. 10, 1736, | son and daughter of | Benedict Conquest,
Esq., I and Mary his wife.
A collateral one to the north :
►x^ To the memory of | Benedict Conquest of Imham | in the
county of Lincoln and late | of Houghton Conquest in the |
county of Bedford, esq., who | departed this life the 27 of
October 1753, | setat. 45. | Blessed is the man who thinks
on I the needy and poor in the evil day | The Lord will deliver
him He hath | distributed he hath given to the poor | and
his memory is benediction. ] Ps. 40 and 111 and Eccl. 45. |
In this chapel also are deposited | the remains of John
Thymelby | Conquest, esq., younger brother of | the said
Benedict Conquest, esq., | who was buried Oct. 26, 1736,
setat. 20. | Requiescat in pace.
On a flat stone in the chancel in capitals :
Sam. Breton, Esq., Lieut- | ten* of her Majesty's ho | rse
Guards, Adjutant | in y^ Netherlands after | his Travels into
Turkey, 1 aged 62, Dec. 1708.
On another to the east much rubbed :
Lucy Breton wife of | [John] Breton rect^ sis- | ter to
Mathew John- | son, esq., clerk of the | Parliament, departed |
Oct. 9, Anno Dom. 1706. Take | y^ heed Watch and pray |
lest y® know not the | time.
A hatchment (D) over the door to the north chapel : On a sable
eagle double-tete a shield — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sable, six
martlets argent [Arundell] ; 2nd and 3rd, Azure, a chevron between
three lions' heads crazed or [Wyndham] ; impaling — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Arundell ; 2nd and 3rd, Quarterly, argent and sable,
differenced by a label argent [Conquest]. On another — Arundell ;
an escocheon — Quarterly, 1st and 6th, Quarterly, argent and sable
[Conquest] ; 2nd, Azure, a bend between six martlets or [Luttrell] ;
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3rd, Argent, three palets sable, in bend four mullets of the last
[Thimbleby] ; 4th, Argent, a lion rampant gules ; oth, Argent, a
chevron sable between three boars' heads couped sable [Swinford].
This church consists of a nave and north aisle supported by
three arches pointed ; a chancel and north chapel, also separated
by three pointed arches, the easternmost one blocked up ; an old
Norman arch from nave to tower ; a great deal of ancient pewing,
on one the date 1618 E.G. This is on the south side of the chancel.
[See also Jeans, 36-7.]
(MS ii, 181-194.)
€as;t ^eal
Notes taken in the church, 14 August, 1834 —
On a black stone in the north aisle :
Here lyeth the body of | Hellen the wife of Peter | Short, Esq.,
and daughter | of John Bishop late of | Stickford, Esq., who
died I the seuenth day of January | 1702(?) | in the thirty
ninth yeare | of her age.
On a stone close by :
Heer lyeth interred the | body of Peter Short cittisen | and
merchant taylor of ] London, lord of this man- | ner, who
departed this | life the tenth of August | in the five and
fiftieth I yeare of his age, 1681.
On another stone in the pew to the east of the last (C) :
Here lieth the body | of John the son of | Peter Short, Esq., |
who died the 18 day | of April 1707, in the | fifteenth year |
of his age.
On an old stone (D) in the nave has been an inscription in church
text, round the verge, what remains are at the two extremities :
humant^ lapide corpora obiit . . . die decem. A*'
d'ni MCC ....
A fragment of a stone to the north of the last has this only (D) :
Hie jacet Robertus Tom . . .
A stone monument against the east wall of the south aisle, the
sitting figure of a woman in gown and collar, about half the size of
life, a cord is round her waist, she holds an inverted torch in her
right hand and her left elbow rests on a skull. On each side is a
fluted pillar and on the pediment above the following line on the
cornice, 'Mat. — Non est mortua sed dormit 9 : 24.' Underneath
is an inscription of five lines, but now so defaced as to be generaDy
illegible ; it is in capitals ; what can be decyphered is as follows :
Svsanna • Kirklian • being • wife • to .... d |
this • monvment • erected I • • • ^^^
I ea . . . de
I ... the 2, IV
208 EAST KEAL
Li the chancel is a stone (D) from whence a brass plate of a figure
and inscription has been taken.
On a flat stone in the south aisle (D) :
Here lieth interr'd the body of | John Hastings, gen*, who
departed [ this life March y® 27, 1721, aged | 73 years. | Here
also lieth y*^ body of Brigett | y^ wife of John Hastings, gent., |
who departed this life | February y^ 18, 1684, aged 30
years.
On a flat blue stone close by :
Here lyeth the body of | Robert Hastings, gent., | buried
December the 20th, | Anno Dom. 1730, | aged 47.
This church consists of a nave divided from its two aisles by
four pointed arches springing from clustered columns, a chancel
separated by a screen, and tower at the west end, pinnacled. The
arch leading from the tower to the church is blocked up at the
bottom. Over the screen are the Royal Arms &c. with the name
of Cha. Kirkliam and Rob* Hastmgs, churchwardens, 1757. The
font is octagon supported on a pillar, surmounted with grotesque
heads, and j)annelled with roses and a lozengy ornament alternately.
It stands on a basement of two steps. In the tower are five bells.
A little old pewing in ye church (D).
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. xi, 87-8.]
(MS viii, 79-82.)
llelsitern
Notes taken in the church, August 14, 1833 — ^This church consists
of a nave and chancel, and tower at ye west end of the nave, but
small, a north porch, and some old pewing and benches.
Against the north wall of the chancel within the altar rails is a
fine monument of marble (R) in a recess flanked by two pink
veined marble pyramids or obelisks, the figure of a lady in the
costume of the Elizabethan age, sitting with her left foot on a skull,
and her left hand, which holds an hour glass, resting on a table,
at her feet is an infant in a coffin. On one side over the recess is
a representation of the setting sun, Occidit ut oriatur inscribed below.
On the other a clock, and below Qualibet expectes tamen. At the
top are two winged boys holding spades, under the one on the
west Nil sine labore, and on the east In alto requies. Over the figure
this inscription on a black slab in capitals :
Franciscus South eques auratus dilectissimse | suae conjugi
EUzabethse South hoc mo | numentum amoris testimonii
ergo I posuit | Quae potui lachrymans persolvi funera conjux
Quseque lubens volvi non dare dona dedi | Dona dedi quels'
(si f uerint pia numina votis | Concessura meis) tecum ego spero
KELSTERN 209
frui I Interea pro te mihi fas sit amare relictas | [Filiolas
casti pignora bina tori] Quotque mihi et natis quot charo
tristia Patri | Liquisti totidem det tibi Iseta Deus.
At the base of the monument on a black slab is this inscription
in capitals :
Heere lyeth Dame Elizabeth South eldest | daughter to
S^ John Meeres of Aubonie, | knight, by Barbara his firste wife,
dau- I ghter to William Dalyson, esq., one | of y® justices
of y^ kinges Bench & late | wife to S^ Frauncis South of
Kelsteme, | knight, to whom shee bore 4 daughters, | Joane,
Elizabeth departed, Barbara, & | Frauncis survivinge, she
dyed y* 7 day of June Anno Do' 1604.
Opposite the last monument on the south wall is one (R) of white
and variously coloured marbles, with these arms over — ^Argent,
two bars gules, in chief a mullet or, a crescent for difference [South] ;
impaling — Argent, fretty sable, on a canton gules a cinquefoil or
[Irby]. On the east side is a shield of the arms of South, and on
the west that of Irby. At the base is a winged skull, and above
it is written ' Volente-s ducit nolentes trahit '. The inscription is in
capitals :
Memoriae sacrum. | Heere lieth buried in the vaulte | the
bodie of Dame Anne South, j seconde wife of Sir Frauncis
South I of Kelsterne in the countie of | Lincolne, knighte,
and seconde | daughter to Anthonie Irbye of | Whaplad
in HoUande in the said | countie, esquire, and Alice his | wife.
She had issue by hir saide | husbande six sonnes viz^ John, |
Frauncis, Anthonie, Thomas, Charles, | and Henrie, and fyve
daughters | viz* Alice, Elizabeth, Anne, Jane, | and EUzabeth.
She lived ver | tuouslie and dyed in sounde | faithe and in
the feare of | God the xn*^ day of May in y^ | yeare of o''
Lord God 1620.
On a flat stone in the chancel (R) :
Here lyeth the body | of Christopher Hildyard | of this town,
esquire, | who departed this life | August the 28th in the |
year of our Lord 1719, | aged 51 years. | Here | also lieth
the body of | Christ^ Hildyard, Esq^ | (son of the above saide |
Chrisf Hildyarde) who departed this life | June the 17,
1749, I in the 36th year | of his age.
In the nave are flat stones (D) to the memory of :
Mr John Redman died June 15, 1748, aged 85.
EUzabeth his wife died July 5, 1741, aged 70.
William their son died INIarch 30, 1742, aged 38.
[See also Lines. N. S Q. xi, 230-2.]
(MS iv, 143-147.)
210 KETTLETHORPE
Eettletfjorpe
Notes taken in the church, 15 September, 1835 — This church has
been modernised, and consists of a nave and chancel divided by
a large pointed arch, and a tower at the west end. The font is
modem. Against the east wall is a beautiful bracket supported
by an angel who bears a shield — Quarterly, France (modem) and
England. On the bracket is a small modem figure (R) of Justice
in alabaster.
A plain stone tablet (R) against the east wall of the chancel in
old characters :
Juxta hunc locum iacet Joh'es | Becke artium magister
quon I dam Rector istius ecclesise qui | vero e vita excessit
xviijto die | mensis Maii anno dom. 1597. | I am a becke or
river as you know | And watered here y^ church y^ schole
y^ Pore | While God did make my springes here for to flo |
But now my fountaine stopt it runs no more | From churche
and schole mi life is now berefte | But to y^ poore foure
pounds I yearlye lefte.
A grey tablet with a white um of marble against the south wall :
This monument | is erected as a tribute of respect | to the
memory of an indulgent husband | and affectionate parent |
the Rev^ Hugh Palmer | who died 6th of December 1799. | He
had been rector of Kettlethorpe | for twenty years in which
parish | he lived beloved and died regretted | by all who
knew him.
On the ledge of the east window are three urns (D) of alabaster,
with these inscriptions (R) :
Thomas Hall Arm^ | obiit Nov. 12 1698 | EUzabetha uxor
eius I Jan. 3, 1677.
Carolus Hall Armig"" | obiit Dec^^ris i i669 | Anna uxor eius |
Jun. 18 1660.
Carolus Hall Armr | obiit Decbris 17 | Anno Christi 1700.
A white and brown marble monument against the north wall of
the chancel with an oval of white marble, surmounted by an um
on which are these arms — , a chevron engrailed between
three lions' heads, erazed .... [Hall]. The inscription in capitals :
Sacred to | the memory of | Charles Hall, esq'", | only son of
Thomas Hall of Kettlethorpe, | esq., by Amy eldest daughter &
coheiress of | Henry Mildmay of Graces in the county of |
Essex, esq., & | relict of Vincent Amcotts of | Harrington in
the County of Lincoln, esq. | He died | the 21 day of August
in the year of our Lord 1743, | aged 53 years. | Let those
who had the happiness of his friendship, | in justice to his
memory | speak of | his many amiable & social virtues, | but
let this marble | eternally declare | his invariable adherence
KETTLETHORPE 211
to the I laws and constitution of England. | Also to the memory
of I Sarah Hall, | only daughter of the said Thomas | by his
first wife Elizabeth, | daughter of Sir Robert Abdy of Albins |
in the county of Essex, bart. | She died Dec. 8, 1707, | aged
30 years.
A blue flat stone in the chancel in capitals :
Here lyeth the body of Thomas | Hall son of Charles HaU
of I Kettlethorp in the county of | Lincoln, esq'", who departed |
this life the 12 da}^ of Novemb- | er Anno Dom. 1698. | He
had to his first wife Eliza- | beth daughter to Sir Robert |
Abdy of Albins in the county | of Essex, barr*., by whom
he { left one daughter, viz. Sarah. | His second wife was Amy
the I eldest daughter of Henry | Mildmay of Graces in Little |
Baddow in the county of Essex, | esq., by his first wife Cecilia j
one of the daughters and coheirs | of Walter Barker of
Haughmond | in the county of Salop, esq., by | whom he
had one son, | viz*. Charles.
Another stone to the south of the last (D) :
Here lieth | the body of Darwin Stow | of Fenton, gent., &
Mary | his wife, the daughter of | George Nevile of Thomey,
Esq., I by whom he had issue | seven sons & five daughters. ]
He died in the sixty second | year of his age on y^ | sixteenth
day of April | Anno Dom. 1724, | & his wife in the fifty fifth |
year of her age | upon y^ 23^ day of March | Aimo Dom. 1719.
On another more to the south in capitals (D) :
Here lieth | the body of | Charles second | son of Charles |
Hall of Kettle | thorp, esq., who | departed this | life [blank] \
of Septe I mber Anno Dom. | 1700, aged 48.
An old stone much defaced, further to the north (D) :
Hie jacet Elizabetha | (? honorata) Gulielmi | Meekly generosi
uxor I quae obiit undecimo die j Junii Anno Dom. 1605,
unam | filiam tresque filios illi | peperit et fluxit.
On a stone to the north :
In the vault beneath | lieth the remains of the | Rev'^ Thomas
Craster | who died March the 27, 1806, | aged 62 years.
Under the font (which is in the centre of the chancel) is a blue
stone, but all uncovered by it is : Frances Qumcey died July the
4th, 1771
On another stone (D) :
In the vault beneath | lie the remains | of j The Rev^ Hugh
Palmer | who died 6 December 1799, | aged 66 years. | Hugh
Palmer | died 11 November 1805, | aged 33 years. | And |
Mary Accadia Palmer | died August the 15, 1815, | aged
49 years. | And also | Mary Palmer j relict of the above | Rev<^
Hugh Palmer | died October the 20, 1819, | aged 82 years.
212 KETTLETHORPE
On a blue flat stone more to the west :
Here lyeth the body of | Charles Hall only son | of Thomas
Hall of Kettlethorpe | in the county of Lincoln, esq., | by
Amy eldest daughter of Henry Mildmay | arm. and relict
of Vincent Amcotts | of Harrington, esq. He departed this |
life the 21 of August Anno Dom. 1743, | aged 53 years.
On another stone further west :
Here lyeth the body of | Mrs Sarah Hall daughter of | Tho.
Hall of Kettlethorp | in y^ county of Lincoln, | esq., by
Elizabeth his wife | daughter of Sir Rob. Abdy | of Albins
in Essex, bart. | She was bom y® 21st of | Dec^ A'no Dom.
1677, & I dyed y« 8 of Dec^ 1707, | in y^ 30 year of her |
age.
A white stone much rubbed, to the west of the last (D) :
Here lyeth the body of Mr Gervas Cole who departed | this
life September [11] | in the year of our Lord [1747] | aged
fifty three.
On another stone, in two compartments, rubbed (D) :
(1) Here lieth | the body of | Mr Robert ] Cole of Fenton ]
who departed | this life | November y^ | 7, m y^ year | 1720,
aged 39 (?). | Here lieth the | body of Mr John | Cole of
Fenton | who departed | this life | November the | 29, in the
year | 1703, aged 68.
(2) Here lieth | the body of | Mrs Ellen Cole | of Fenton | by
her lost | son. She | departed this | life January ] ,
1713, I in y^ . . . year of | . . . age.
On a stone to the west (D) :
Here | lies the body of | Gervas Cole, gent., who | departed
this life May 6, | 1792, aged 29 years.
A black stone more to the west :
In this vault lie | the remains of | Timothy Pjmim, gentle-
man, I late of Nottingham, ] who departed this life at Fenton |
October the 5th, 1783, | in the 81 year of his age. | Also | in
this vault lies | deposited the remains of | Mr Thomas Huck |
late of Fenton | who departed this life | January 20, 1786, |
aged 43 years.
A black tablet against the north wall :
Near | this place was interred the body | of Gervas Cole,
gent., who departed | this life May the 6th, 1792, aged 29
years. | Also Mary Cole relict of the above | who died June 3^,
1822, I aged 67 years.
A black tablet next to the last :
Near to this place are interred | the body of Gervas Cole
who died Sep. | 11, 1747, aged 53 years. Also EUzabeth
Cole I wife of Gervas Cole died Jan^ 15, | 1777, aged 75. Also
KIRKBY LAYTHORPE 213
Gervas Cole | son of the said Gervas & Eliz. Cole. | He died
Nov. 28, 1771, aged 41 years. | Also Eliz. wife of Gervas
Cole died | June 14, 1796, aged 77 years.
A flat stone outside the west door (D) :
Here lies ] interr'd the body of Amy Hall | daughter of
Charles Hall | rector of Kettlethorpe. j She departed this
life May the | twentieth. Anno Domini one | thousand seven
hundred and | twenty three, in the twenty | seventh year
of her age. | Take heed watch & pray for y^ know not (the
rest broken).
(MS vii, 153-165.)
Notes taken in the church, 16 August, 1836 — This church consists
of a nave and north aisle, resting on four Early Enghsh arches,
which spring from plain round columns, a chancel divided from
the nave by a small screen, a tower at the west end. The font is
octagonal, of a pattern similar to that at Evedon, but the bearings
of the shields are defaced. In the east window of the north aisle
is the following coat of arms— Azure, a chevron between three
trefoyles, slipped or [Sleaford]. In one of the nave windows are
some slight remains of painted glass. A few of the steps to the
rood loft yet remain, and some ancient benching. The arches
lean excessively northwards, and are supported by props.
A brass plate in the window sill south of the chancel in capitals :
Here lyeth y^ body of y« learned & pious | Tho : Meriton,
B:D:, late rector of this | church, & Asgarby. & prebend of
y* church | of Lincoln j donor of a charitable bequest to
y* poore | of each parish, also yt of his birth for ever. | He
married EHzabeth Pearks of a good family | in Worcestershire,
by whom he had | one only son who, dying in his infancy, j
was here also interd July y« xi, MDCLXXxnn. | He lived
belov'd & reverenc'd for his great learning | and exemplary
vertue ; & dyed y^ xn^^ of JanJ' An'o Domini | mdclxxxv, m
y« xxxxvniJ yeare of his age, much la- | mented, especially
by his deare & loving wife, who | cavs'd this inscription in
memory of him.
Another on the opposite side of the window :
Resurgemus. | depositum Mariae | conjugis chariss. Jacobi |
Adamson de Sleaford j fihae Robert i Garland | hujus eccl'ie
nuper rectoris | obiit \Ti Augvsti | mdcl\ti.
A plain black tablet on the east wall south of the altar (R) :
In memory | of Gascoigne son of the | Eev*^ Mi Gascoigue
Wright I and Penelope his wife | who died July 31st, 1767, |
aged 22.
214 KIRKBY LAYTHORPE
Under the altar is a large stone which has had on it two half length
figures, an inscription and shield in brass, all now gone.
A flat stone in the north aisle :
Here lyeth y^ body of | Robert son of Robert | and Dorothy
Sanderson, their | third son, who deceased | Feb. y*' 13,
1722.
Another to the east of the last :
Here | lyeth the body of | Faith Sanderson the | wife of
Robert San | derson who departed | this life Janu. the 19, |
1704.
At the west end of the north aisle a flat stone, with the following
inscription round the edge, much rubbed :
Here lyeth the | body of Master Thomas Pylate who |
departed this | life March y* 14 (the rest effaced).
Another flat stone, more to the east, in capitals, rubbed :
Here lyeth y^ body | of Mr John C .... it | who departed
this life I March y« . . , 1688.
On a flat stone by the south door is this inscription in capitals
round the edge :
Here lyeth the body of Christian late wife of Mr Georg
Sanderson who departed this life Decem. y^ 11, 1681.
There is another stone on the step of the door, but it is too much
defaced to be decjrphered.
Another flat stone in the north aisle :
Here lyeth y^ body of | Robert y^ son of Robert & | Dorothy
Sanderson | who deceased [December 12] | 1720.
[See also L.R.8. i, 212 ; TroUope, Sleaford, pp. 417-18.]
(MS vii, 231-235.)
Notes taken in the church, 29 July, 1833 —
On a wooden tablet against the north wall :
Whereas some well disposed person did formerly give | to
the parish of Kirkby Underwood the sum of £32 | to remain
a town stock for ever, the interest thereof | to be distributed
by the discretion of the overseer to | the poor of this parish
20 shillings, part of the said | interest to be given on Xmas
day yearly and 12 shillings | the residue on Easter day. This
inscription was in | the year of our Lord mdcclv made and
in this I church afflxed for the better establishing and per-
petuating I the said charity. The Rev^ John Jones, LL.B.
rector | Rev'i Charles Hyett A.M. curate &c. | Generous!
benefactor that did this gift bestow | Altho' forgot nor wej
thy name do know | Yet in those happy realms above thou'rtj
known & blest | In the peaceful mansions of eternal rest.
KIRTON IN HOLLAND 215
The church is small and poor. It consists of a chancel, rebuilt
in 1826, a nave and south aisle, supported by three pointed arches
with clustered columns. There appears to have been once a north
aisle from an arch which is left built up in the north wall. A tower
at the west end with a pinnacle at each angle. Font, octagon.
Many old benches in the church. It contains no monumental
memorial whatever.
(MS ii, 229-230.)
llirton in Jlollanb
Notes taken in the church of Kirton, 4 August, 1834 — ^This is
a very beautiful church. It consists of a nave divided from its
aisles by six lofty pointed arches and pillars, a chancel, and tower
at the west end, with a south porch. It has once been larger,
having two transepts and the tower at the intersection, but in
1820 they were pulled down, and the tower rebuilt at the west end.
The font is octagon, handsome, pannelled with shields in niches,
having this inscription on the basement stone in the old character :
Orate pro awima Alani Burton qui hanc fontem fieri fecit
A.D. MCCCCV.
The altar piece is a painting of the Adoration of the Magi, but
is by no means excellent. On a pew in the nave on the south
side are these arms — . . . . , a bend of three mascles . . . ;
crest — A demy swan [? Browne].
A grey and white marble pyramidal monument against the wall
north of the chancel, surmounted by an urn, with this inscription
in capitals :
Near this place | are deposited the remains | of William
Watson gent. | who departed this life | February 1, 1805, |
in the 73 year | of his age. | Also of Mrs Mary Watson | the
relict I of William Watson gent, j with whom she lived | in
the happiest union | forty nine years | and having for a short
time I survived him | she passed from | this vale of mortality |
December 14, 1805, | aged 70 yeares.
A stone tablet to the west with an inscription on a black marble
slab :
Near this place | are deposited the remains | of Jane wife
of I Edw. Watson gent. | She departed this life | on the 27
day of May | A.D. 1806 | Ann. iEtat. 34.
A white marble tablet against the south wall of the chancel with
these arms below — Azure, a chevron between three escallops,
within a bordure all or [Colby] :
Near this place lyeth | Dixon Colby M.D., | ob* 21 Nov.
1756 I aetat. suae 77, | and likewise | Elizabeth his wife | ob*
21 Oct. 1739 I aetat. suae 59.
216 KIRTON m HOLLAND
A blue flat stone in the floor partly hid by a pew, the inscription
in capitals :
Samuel Bridg son of Step • • . | Bridg departed this life
. . I Aprill y^ 30 and was | interred May the 2^ da . . |
Anno d'ni 1657. | My uncles name I have | and do enjoy
his grave | betwixt my parents dear | My Bones are lodged
here.
A large stone more to the west, with this inscription in italics :
M.S. I Pickering Colby, gent., | et Marias uxoris suae. | Vir
qui non Annis vel Uteris | sed pietate et integritate morum |
vitam suam honcstavit | et patriam.
Obiit ille v die | Oct. A.D. | Obiit ilia xxix | die Martis
MDCLXXXn. A.D. I MDCXCV.
Juxta situ est | Anna Dixon Marise Colby mater | ex
Harringtoniana stirpe | prognata | ab hac vita discessit | xxii
die Octobris | A.D. mdcc. | H.S.E. | Dixon Colby, | Dixon
Colby M.D. Stamfordiensis | fihus unicus | Pickering Colby
nepos j adolescentiam suam in nequissimo seculo | summa
verecundia et probitate | adomavit [ inter Oxonienses dum
literarum studia | excoluit | et avidissimo corruptus est morbo ]
placide tamen et patienter | extremum vitae miserandae
curriculum | pertulit. | Heu tandem fato immaturo extinctus
est I Diem clausit supremum xrv die Decembris | A.D.
MDCCXXXin aetat. suae xxii.
A blue flat stone to the west of the last :
In memory of | Mathew Robinson vicar of this parish | ob*
13 June 1745, set. 32.
Another more to the west :
In memory of | Elizabeth Robinson | mother of the Rev<*
Mathew Robinson | late vicar of this church | ob* 28 Aug*
1763, set. 76. | Also Math. Robinson | son of the aforesaid
vicar | late of Holbech surgeon | ob* 24 of Jan. 1772, aet. 28.
Another stone to the east :
M.S. I Marthae | uxoris | Rev'i J. Gregson | cui | decern liberos
peperit | ob. Mail 9, | A.D. 1723 | aet. 50.
A black tablet against the east wall of the south aisle :
Abigail | the wife of | Mr Richard Harvey | died Nov. 26,
MDCCXCV, j aged Lxrv^ years. | Mary daughter of | Richard
and Abigail Harvey | died April 3, mdcclxxx, | aged 15 years.
A flat stone at the east end of the north aisle :
In memory of | Mr James Ellis | who departed this life |
Nov. 25 1781, I aged 39 years.
A large flat blue stone at the west end of the nave, with this
inscription round the edge in capitals :
Hie jacet Antonius Conie de Kirton generosus qui obiit 12
KIRTON IN LINDSEY 217
die Novembris A.D. 1589 et Bridg. uxor ejus quae obiit 3
die Aprilis Ano D'ni 1589.
On another with the inscription round :
Here lyeth the body of Robert Hunt gent, was buryed the
30 day of November, Anno Domini 1663.
On another stone :
Claxon Harrenden son | of Mr Dan^ Hunt & | EUz. his wiie
was bur | yed Septem. y® xv, 1708.
A stone more to the east :
Here lyeth the body of | Edmund Harriss sen^ gent. | who
departed this life | November the 17, 1718 | aged 55 years
(there is more of the inscription but is now effaced).
On another stone :
Here lyeth the body of | John the son of Mr Edmund | Harriss
interred June the 23, 1720 | aged 21 years.
On another stone :
In memory of Alice | wife of Will°^ Ayre, gent., | who departed
this life I Feb. 20, 1703, | aged 26. | Also Will. Ault who
departed | this life April 17, 1734 | aged 22 years.
A blue stone to the east of the font :
In memory of | Mr George Ault interred | Aug. y« 15, 1742,
aged 41. I In memory of | Mrs Eliz. Ayscough | who departed
this Ufe I May 25, 1780, | in the 77 year of her age.
A similar stone parallel with and to the north of the last :
In memory of | Mrs Margaret Baley | interred the 1 of Nov.
1763, I aged 68.
Another similar one still more to the north :
In memory of | Mrs Margaret Ayre | who departed this
life I the 23 of May 1779, | in the 58 year of her age.
[See also L.R.S. i, 166-167 ; Churches of Holland.]
(MS V, 167-176.)
Eirton in iinbs^ep
Notes taken in the church of Kirton, [blank] September,
1835—
A white marble monument against the south wall of the
chancel (R) :
Sacred | to the memory of | George Robert Foster surgeon |
who died April the 3, 1817, | aged 24 years ; also | Greorge
Robert | his infant son | who died May 24, 1818.
A monument against the north wall of the chancel (R) :
In I memory of | Helen Susanna Fox | who died July 1,
1811, I aged 23 years ; | also of John infant son | of the above j
Helen Susanna Fox | who died July 8, 1811.
218 KIRTON IN LINDSEY
A grey and white marble monument in the nave (R) :
In memory of | Frances Purver who departed | this Hfe Sept.
27, 1785, I aged 78. | Also John Purver her son | Captain in
the 20 Regiment | of Marines | who died August the 16, 1795, |
aged 57 ; I likewise Elizabeth wife of | John Purver who died
July 15, 1829, | aged 80.
At the west end of the north aisle on a flat stone (D) :
William Trevor | thirty six years vicar | of this parish church |
changed this state of | probation for that of retri | bution
the 22 of January 1764, | aged 71 years, | Ann wife of the
said I William Trevor | the 24 of March 1757, | aged 73
years.
On a flat stone in a pew near the north door (D) :
Anno 1657, and | upon Ascension day, | the soule of Christopher |
Pickering ascended Heaven | and left his body to rest | in
the earth until God | raise it up again to Glory.
On a black tablet at the end of the north aisle an inscription to (D) :
Richard Fletcher, clerk of the parish 31 years, who | died
10 April 1819, aged 73, and Elizabeth his wife | who died
19 August 1803, aet. 59.
On a flat stone, next to that of Will. Trevor, an inscription to (D) :
Thomas Taylor who died 26 February 1773, aged 40, and
Ann his wife who died May 4, 1781, aet. 70.
A flat stone in the north aisle with inscription to (D) :
Jonathan Bain surgeon died 13 Sept. 1783, set. 84.
Next to the stone of Thomas Tavlor are stones with inscriptions
to (D) :
John Bullock who died 21 Aug. 1810, aet. 61, and also to
John Bethel 12 DeC 1786, aet. 64, Elizabeth his wife 11th
Apr. 1785, aet. 59, & John his son who died 18 Dec. 1768,
aet. 10.
On a black tablet of wood, against the south wall of the south
aisle, inscriptions to the several members of the following
family (D) :
Christopher son of Peter & Dorothy Baldwin who died 2 Oct.
1687, aet. 1.
Peter son of the same who died 30 March 1689, aet. 1.
Peter son of the same who died 26 June 1692, aet. 2.
Nicholas son of the same who died 19 Jan^ 1694, aet. 1.
Dorothy wife of the same who died 24 Ocf 1695, aet. 39.
Dorothy daur of the same who died 1 Nov'" 1695, aet. 4.
Henry son of Peter & Elenor Baldwin who died 24 Jan^ 1699,
Another tablet opposite with inscription to (D) :
Mrs Margaret Hunt widow who died June 23, 1707, aet. 73.
LACEBY 219
Flat stones in the south aisle to (D) :
William Caister who died 31 Oct. 1730, aged 37.
Benjamin Footit who died 6 March 1781, set. 73 (?).
John Footit son of Benjamin & Sarah his wife who died
May 1, 1787, aet. 39.
Christopher Footit who died March 10, 1805, set. 19.
Robert Stow who died 31 Jan^ 1738, set. 29.
A black tablet records that Mr Joseph Turner who died Dec^ 9,
1743, gave by his will £3 to be distributed yearly to the poor, half
on Good Friday, half on St Thomas' day. He also gave a silver
flagon for the service of the altar.
The church consists of a nave divided from its two aisles by
four pointed arches on each side. The columns on the north side
are round, with the exception of one which is octagon with a capital
ornamented with birds and beasts. On the south side the pillars
are octagon. The tower is of Early English, with lancet windows,
and a door with toothed mouldings. Two low arched doors lead
from the tower into the nave. There is a good screen of the
Perpendicular style before the chancel, but the chancel has been
fitted up in extremely bad taste. The east window has been
blocked up by an altar piece attempted in the Italian style, gaudily
painted, the capitals of the pillars gilded. The table of common
wood painted in imitation of stone, and at the back of it, between
the columns, the panel is painted like a curtain, not unUke the
drop scene of a theatre. The roof of the chancel is unceiled, except
over the altar which has a sort of canopy or half ceiling over it,
painted blue. The whole indeed is in miserable taste. The font
is extremely plain with an octagon top.
[See also L.R.S. i, 118; Peacock, English Church Furniture,
pp. 232-3.]
(MS vii, 17-22.)
Notes taken in the church, 29 August, 1835 —
On a flat stone (R) in the chancel, within the altar rails ; arms
cut above — A griffin segreant. Crest — A demi griffin [Battell] :
Here lieth the body of | Ralph Battell, clerk, A.M., | late
rector of Somersby | and Bag Enderby who | died the 9 of
February 1780, | in the 83 year of his age. | Resurgam.
On an old stone (R) in the chancel, with inscription romid the
verge, partly hid by the step to the Communion table :
Robertits Laund qui obiit xx die Augusti A' D'ni Mccccxxvn.
On a marble tablet on the north side of the chancel (R) :
John Holmes | ob. 4 April | 1788, | set. 40. | He was true &
just in all his dealings, | a social companion, | and the poor
man's friend. | Also | Katharine Holmes | wife of the above |
ob. Feb. 6, 1798, | aged 63.
220 LACEBY
At the west end of the north aisle on a stone (R) in a pew there
is an inscription to Nathaniel Taylor, who died 26 May 1808,
set. 64, and Sarah his wife who died July 16, 1825, aet. 79 years.
Also on a flat stone in the north aisle an inscription to Frances
wife of Joseph Nainby, who died 22 March 1804, aged 76. Also
to Joseph Nainby who died 6 April 1786, aged 64.
On a flat stone within the altar rails (R) :
Here lyeth the body of | Jonathan Winship A.M. | late rector
of this parish and | vicar of Grassby who died | the 25 January
1783, I aged 46 years. | This stone is placed | in grateful
remembrance j of a tender husband | by his affectionate
wife I Thomazyn daughter of the | Rev^' Ralph Battle. |
Resurgam. | Also the body of Thomasyn | Winship his widow
who died | 30 January 1799, aged 66.
A flat stone in the chancel (R) :
In I memory of | Vincent Grantham Esq. | the last male
heir of the | Grantham family who | died the 10 of December |
1758, in the 66 year of | his age.
This church consists of a nave, and north aisle resting on five
arches, the middlemost of which is a fine Norman one ornamented
with the embattled and chevron mouldings. It is altogether a
handsome specimen of that style, and is singularly placed as the
two on each side of it are pointed. There is a chancel, and a tower
at the west end. The font is octagonal with shields in quatrefoyles.
There seem to have been aisles to the chancel, as on the north
side are two blocked up arches, one of which opens into the vestry,
and another has a door in it ; and on the south side a similar low
arch. At the west end is a small organ.
[See also Lines. N. & Q. xi, 88-89 ; L.R.S. i, 100 ; Gentleman's
Magazine, 1829, part i, 597-9.]
(MS viii, 129-132.)
langtoft
Notes taken in the church, [blank] July, 1831 —
On a small black marble monument against the south wall of the
chancel, in a recess above, a lady kneeling before a desk in a
black hood and gown ; over is a shield of arms, but they are
effaced :
This monument doth represent | y^ memory of Eliz. the
wife of Bevell | Moulesworthe of Langtoft Esq. | who deceased
5^ 4 dale of May | Anno Domini 1618, | setatis sve 44.
On a flat stone (R) in the floor beneath, with these arms cut above
— ... on a chevron . . . three lioncels . . . , a mullet for
difference [? for Moulesworthe] :
Under this stone lyeth | interred the bodye of | Elizabeth
LANGTOFT 221
the wife of | Bevell Moulesworthe | of Langtoft Esq. by |
whom he had issue one | sonne and one daughter, | which
Ehz : deceased | the 4 of Maye Anno ] 1618.
On a flat stone (R) by the north wall of the chancel with these
arms cut above — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Ermine, a chevron ....
between three chess rooks .... [Walcot] ; 2nd and 3rd, Ermine,
on a chief . . . . , a lion naissant, [ ] this inscription on
a brass plate :
Here lyeth the body of Sarah the wife of | Bernard Walcot
of Langtoft in the county | of Lincolne Esq. by whome he
had issue fower | sonnes & three daughters who dyed the | 24
of August Anno T)o7nim 1651. | Thou bedd of rest reserve
for him a roome | Who lives a man divorced from his deare
wife I That as they were one hart, soe this one tombe | May
hold them neer in death as linckt in life. | She's gone before
and after comes her head | To sleepe with her amongst the
blessed dead | Deus dedit | ^temis mutasse Caduca.
On a handsome white marble monument (R) against the south east
corner of the chancel with these arms above — Gules, a saltier or
[for Hyde] ; impaling — Vert, three stags tripping or [TroUope] :
Sacred | to the memory of William Hyde | Sen"" Esq. who
dyed 21 Novem : 1694 | aged 59 years : | and Mary his wife
[eld- I est daughter of S^ Tho. Trollope of Case- | wick in
the county of Lincoln, bart.,], | who dyed the 21 of March
1671, I aged 35 years, by whom he had | three sons & one
daughter. | He was | the delight of his country, honour 'd |
with the title of honest, chosen fre- | quently to serve m
parliament as | burgess of Stamford, a senator, | most faithfuU
to his God, Kuig, | and Country. | Judith the widdow | of
their eldest son piously and | mournfully erected this |
monument.
On a handsome white marble monument (R) against the north east
corner of the chancel, with the arms of Hyde, impaling — Sable,
three pick axes argent [Pigott] :
Sacred | to the memory of William Hyde Esq. | who dyed
8 of May 1703, aged 43 years. | He was | beautiful in his
person, admir'd for his | great sence and learning which he
to y^ I last imploy'd in the service of his country, | a most
tender husband and carefull | father, an example of Honour,
Vertue | and Patience, he labour'd the greatest | part of his
life with unparalleled chear- | fullness and courage, under
the most | exquisite torments of the gout, in hope | of a
blessed resurrection. | Judith his most mournful & discon|
-solate widdow [who was sole daughter | and heiress of Alban
Pigott of Hattford | in the county of Berks, Esq.], by whome |
he left two sons and two daughters, | as a token of her sincere
222 LANGTOFT
and inviolable | affection, erected this monument. | The
above named Judith dyed Sepf 12 | in 1709, aged 43 years.
On a white stone tablet against the north wall of the chancel :
Near this place | lyeth interred the body of | Margaret the
wife of I the Rev^ M^" Headley, | vicar of this parish, 1 who
lived much respected and died | justly & deservedly lamented |
Sept. 2^ 1763, anno setatis 57. | Hinc | Disce tunc Discite. j
Near this place | lyeth interred the body of | the Rev^ Mr
John Headley, | vicar of this parish, | who departed this
life I June 4th, 1755, in the 46th year | of his age.
On a black tablet (D) against one of the pillars of the nave :
To I the memory | of | Henry Rankin | April y* 15, 1766, |
aged I 57 years. | De mortuis nil nisi bonum. ^^ij
On a flat stone in the floor of the nave (D) :
WilUam | Owen Esq. | died 22nd April | 1827, ] Aged 81 |
years.
There is a hatchment against the north wall of the chancel with
these arms — Quarterly, 1st, Hyde ; 2nd, Pigott ; 3rd, Argent,
three bugle horns stringed sable [Bellingham] ; 4th, Argent, a
saltire engrailed sable, on a chief of the last two mullets or [Iwarby] ;
5th, Argent, a cross voided gules ; 6th, A lion rampant, between
ten crosslets or [Brewes] ; 7th, Gules, fretty argent, a chief or
[Brogden] ; 8th, Argent, a bend ermines, a mullet for difference
sable ; 9th, as the 1st ; impaling — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent,
a cross moUne gules, in first quarter a torteau [Dugdale] ; 2nd and
3rd, Azure, a fess ermine between three falcons' heads argent, beaked
or. Crest — A unicorn's head argent, attired and collared gules.
Motto— Mors Janua Vitse (D).
[Jeans, Supp. Add. 2.]
(MS i, 23-28.)
ILangton bp OTragbp
Notes taken in the church, 13 October, 1840 — This is a good old
church with modernised windows ; it is not ceiled, has a handsome
tower, and consists of nave and chancel. It is entered at the west
under the tower. There are four ancient stones (D) in the nave
which have had inscriptions, but now defaced, and there is one
modem stone (D) in the chancel, also defaced.
On a black flat stone (D) in the chancel under the Communion
table, with these arms cut in on three shields — (1) the centre bears
— Semee of cross crosslets, three cinquefoils (Saltmarsh) ; (2) the
dexter has — Saltmarsh, impaling — A chevron between three Uons
rampant [Blythe] ; (3) the sinister — Saltmarsh, impahng — On a
chevron three martlets, with this inscription under (D) :
LANGTON BY WRAGBY 223
Here lieth the body of | Anthony Saltmarsh of Strubby | in
this parish, esq., who departed | this hfe y* ninth of June,
[16]75, I in the 34th year of his age. | He had two wives, the
first Jane | daughter to W"^ Blythe of Stroxton | m this
county, esq., his second wife | Elizabeth daughter of Michael |
Anne of Broughwallis in the county | of York, esq. She
dyed March y^ 28, | 1672, and lyes buried under this stone. |
This stone is laid in their memories by | Robert Saltmarsh
their obliged kinsman.
On another stone (D) before the altar rails :
Here lieth the body of Will. Jenkinson son | of William
Jenkinson, gent., | and Jane his wife | who departed this
life Dec. y^ 6, 1726, | in the 9th year of his age.
On the east wall of the chancel north of the Communion table is
a neat marble monument with the arms of Saltmarsh above —
Argent, semee of crosslets gules three cinquefoils of the second
[Saltmarsh] ; and on the dexter side of the inscription is — Salt-
marsh, impaling — Quarterly or and gules, over all a bend sable,
charged with three water bougets argent [for Eure]. On the
sinister side — Saltmarsh, impaling — Argent, on a chevron sable
three quatrefoils or [Eyre]. In capitals :
Nere this place lyeth the body of William | Saltmarsh of
Strubbie in y® countie of Lincoln, | esq. whoe in y* 36 yeare
of his age married | Barbara the ladie and relicte of S"" Peter
Evre I of Washingbrooke in the sayd countie of Lincolne, |
kt: by whome he had issue Edward, Tho', William, | Anthon}^
Elizabeth, Ann & Barbara, Barbara only | surviveing was
married to William Godferey of | Thoneoke, Esq. and left
issue to him William and | Barbara Godferey, the Ladie
Evre dying in | An°. 1642 He married Martha Eyre daughter |
of Anthonie Eyre of Rampton in y^ Countie | of Notting-
ham, esq. and by her had one | only daughter named lane,
and beinge aged | 80 yeares was on the 4th of October An^
1657, I to the Glorie of his God & in y^ good esteeme | of all
good men, honorably interred. | To whose memorie his beloved
wife I erected this memoriall.
On a monument against y® east wall of the chancel, south of the
Communion table, with these arms above — Sable, a chevron
between three goats' heads erazed argent [Marwood] ; impalmg —
Quarterly, gules and vaire, over all a bend or [Constable] :
Here in hope of a joyfull | resurrection lyeth y^ bodie of
Ann I y® wife of Henrie Marwood of Great | Ayton in the
county of York, esq., | daughter to John Constable of
Dro- I manbie in y^ aforesayd county, esq: | and mother
to W'" Marwood of | Lawghton in y^ county of Lincoln, | esq:
who marryed Martha y® wife [ & relict of W™ Saltmai-sh
224 LANGTON BY WRAGBY
of Strub- I bie in this county, esq: There she | dyed on y®
29 of September | A^ Domi 1660, | in y^ 89*^ year of her
age. I And by her lyes Deborah y® daughter | of y® said
W™ Marwood by a former wife | who dyed Mar. y® 1*, 1665.
(MS X, 57-60.)
Haugfjton bp (^ainssljorougf)
Notes taken in the church of Laughton, 5 September, 1835 —
An altar tomb at the east end of the south aisle, but it has been
removed there, as it formerly stood in the centre of it. On it the
arms of Dalison — Three crescents, on a canton five escallops ;
impaling — A lion rampant [? for Deane] ; with this inscription in
church text cut under in stone :
Hanc tumbam fieri fecit WilleZmus Dalison pium in patrem
gerens affectum | filius secundus huiw-s hie humati WilleZmi
ac unus Justiciariorum dominorum Philippi | regis et Marie
regine ad placita coram illis tenenda aiuio domini mccccclvi.
On the table stone is this inscription in brass :
Hie jacent WilleZmus Dahson armiger quondam vicecomes
et eschsetor comitates | Lincoln' ac unus Justiciariorum
pacis & quorum in eodem comitatu et Georgius Dalison |
filius et heres eiusde7?i WilleZmi. Qui quidem WilleZmus obiit
decimo octavo die me?isis | Decembris anno dommi mcccccxlyi
et ao regni nuper regis Henrici octavi xxxvm | et dictus
Georgius obiit xx die mensis Junii Anno domini mcccccxlix
& anno | regni nuper regis Edwardi sexti tertio quorum
animarwm propicietur Deus Amen.
Above on the same slab is the figure in brass of a man in armour
under a canopy, and at the side of the tomb under the first inscrip-
tion mentioned is this coat — ^Three crescents on a canton five
escallops [Dalison] ; impaling — An antelope tripping, on a chief
two crosslets fiche [Dighton]. Over the tomb is a wooden tablet
on which are painted three coats ; and as the sinister side is occupied
by one coat, whereas the other two divide the dexter between them,
it appears like the arms of a wife impaled with two husbands.
The first on the dexter side is — Gules, three crescents or, on a
canton ermine five escallops of the 2nd [Dalison]. The second is
— Sable, on a chevron argent five escallops between three lions
or [James] ; the coat on the sinister half is — Azure an antelope J
tripping argent, on a chief gules two crosses pate fiche or [Dighton]
Over the above tomb, but it is doubtful whether belonging to it,
is the bust (R) of a female in a circular recess with chincloth and
wimple, and her arms clasped, and above her is a stone bracket (R)
supported by a head and two hands upraised.
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On a white marble tablet against the east wall of the chancel
(R):
Sacred | to the memory of | Thomas Everatt | of Laughton |
who departed this life Oct'^ 24, 1828, | aged 57 years.
On a black flat stone in the chancel :
Here lies the remains | of | Philip Wilkinson esq. | son of
Philip Wilkinson esq. of Hull | and of Elizabeth Helena
Beverweek | of an antient family in Holland. | He was bom
at Amsterdam | and died at Laughton | May the 17, 1768, |
aged 70 years. | His half sister Jane Wilkinson | daughter of
the above Philip Wilkinson | and of Elizabeth daughter of
Richard Buck esq. | the unhappy survivor of all her family |
placed this in remembrance of him.
On a stone in the chancel (R) :
Underneath | this stone are deposited | the remams of John |
son of the late Rev. I. | Cheeseborough incumbent | of Stoke
near Chester | who departed this life | January the 22, 1830, |
in the 21 year of his | age.
There is an old stone in the chancel, but all that can be decyphered
is round the verge (R) :
Joh'is Dalison iti
The church consists of two aisles, and a nave separated from
them by four arches, those on the north side circular, those on
the south side pointed. There is a large pointed arch between
the nave and chancel, and a place for holy water remains on the
south side of the Sacrament table. The tower is at the west end.
The font is octagon, ornamented with quatrefoils and shields and
a hollow moulding round the rim. There was some painted glass
in the east window, but removed to Messingham by Dr. Bayly.
[See also Jeans, 38.]
(MS vii, 11-14.)
Habington
Notes taken in the church, 30 July, 1833 —
A most magnificent and elaborate monument of alabaster stone
against the north wall of the chancel, and reaching nearly to the
ceiling. It consists of two tiers, each tier decorated by three
elegant Corinthian columns dividing it in two compartments, the
whole surmounted by a rich carved pediment. In the compart-
ments of the upper tier are these inscriptions in capitals :
(1) Fide conjugali | secundum Christi redemptoris | adventum
in crypta sub proximo | marmore reposita expectat inclyta |
heroina Martha una filiar. Guhel. | baronis Evre ex Margarita
fiha I Edw. Dymoke miUt. faemina summa | pietate modestia
patientia uxor. | castiss. congruenter marito Ann. 12 | Adunata
226 LAVINGTON
mater amantiss : quatuor | filior. et sex filiar : e quibus Guliel. |
Evreum Margaretam Annam Elizabeth'. | sui ipsius imagines
et amoris mutui | pignora superstites relinquens | animam
deo reddidit anno setatis 33 | salutis mdci. Eliz. 44, Martii
XI. I Conjugi lectiss. maritus maestiss. | Williel. Armyne
mil. honoris et | memorise ergo sibi que et suis | mortalitatis
memor devotissime | posuit anno D'ni 1605.
(2) Mors sationis instar | in Christo dormit sub hoc tumulo |
Barthol. Armyne ar. filius minimus | Guliel. Armyn. de
Osgodby armigeri ex | Katherina filia Johannis Thymelby
de I Irnham militis. Una cum illo | conditur- Maria uxor
charissima | prima Henrici Sutton ar. genita. | ex Margareta
filia Ro. Husey militis | Quae quatuor illi liberos peperit |
Guliel. John, in conspectu patris | mortuum Katherinam
et Magdalenam. | Conjuge sua secunda Katherina filia |
Georgij Cha worth ar. mortua, Anna | fideli uxore tertia
sorore et | hserede Ro. Dymoke ar. superstite. | Obiit
anno setatis 58. D'ni 1598 | Septembris xi. | Parent opt.
et chariss. officiosae | pietatis ergo fil. luctuosiss. Guliel. |
Armyn mil. monumentum hoc dicavit | anno regis Jacobi
tertio.
In the two compartments of the lower tier are these armorial
bearings ; in the first on one large shield — Quarterly of four, 1st,
Ermyn, a saltier engrailed . . . . , on a chief a lion passant
[Armine] ; 2nd, A cross charged with five mullets [St Medard] ; 3rd,
Three lioncels rampant [Dacre] ; 4th, A fesse between three
escallops [St Loo] ; impaling — Quarterly of four, 1st, Quarterly,
over all a bend charged with three escallops [Eure] ; 2nd, Barry
of six, on a canton a crosslet [Aton] ; 3rd, A cross [Vessey] ; 4th,
Three Lioncels rampant, chained [Tyson]. The first crest — An
ermine [Armine] ; second crest — Two paws holding up an escallop
[Eure]. Motto above the arms — Quod superest expectans ;
motto below the arms — Spes pulvis et ambo. In the second under
compartment are three shields — (1) Quarterly, 1st, Ermyn, a saltier
engrailed, on a chief a lion passant [Armine] ; 2nd, A cross charged
with five mullets [St Medard] ; 3rd, Three lioncels rampant [Dacre] ;
4th, A fesse between three escallops [St Loo] ; impaling — Quarterly,
1st, Barry of twelve, over all three birds [Chaworth] ; 2nd, Two
chevrons [Alfreton] ; 3rd, A cross [Aylesbury] ; 4th, Paly of six,
over all a bend [Annesley]. (2) The four quarterings of Armyne ;
impaling — Quarterly, 1st, Two lyons passant, crowned [Dymoke] ;
2nd, Vaire a fess fretty [Marmion] ; 3rd, A saltier between four
crosslets [Friskney] ; 4th, A chevron between three bulls [Tourney].
(3) The four quarterings of Armyne ; impaling — Quarterly, 1st
and 4th, A chevron charged with three crescents between three
annulets [Sutton of Burton] ; 2nd and 3rd, A lion rampant [Sutton,
Lord Dudley]. This motto over all the shields — Malim mori quam
LAVINGTON 227
faedari. This motto below — Granum mortuum fructificat. On
the projecting ledge of the base are twenty-four shields :
(1) Armyne ; impaled by — .... on a chief a demi-lion
issuing [Markham]. (2) A fesse ermine between three water
bougets .... [Meres] ; impaling — ^A fesse with a label above
of three points [Birkin]. (3) In a lozenge [Armine]. (4) Two
bars in a border [Dene] ; impaling — Armyne. (5) Armyne ;
impaling — Three pallets [? for Thimbleby]. (6) Armyne ;
impaling — A chevron embattled, between three cinquefoils
[Langholme]. (7) Armyne ; impaling — A fesse and label in
chief [Birkin]. (8) Arm;yne ; impahng — A frett and a chief
[Harrington]. (9) Armyne ; impaling — On a fess between
four fleur de lis two fleur de lis [D'Eyville]. (10) Armyne ;
impaling — A bend [Mauley]. (11) Armyne ; impaling — On a
bend three mascles [Carleton]. (12) Armyne alone. (13) On
a cross five mullets [St Medard]. (14) The same ; impahng —
Three pallets and a bend [Ridel]. (15) The same ; impahng
— A fesse between three escallops [St Loo]. (16) Armyne ;
impaling — On a cross five mullets [St Medard]. (17) Three
mitres [See of Norwich] ; impaling — Armyne. (18) Ermine,
a bend, on a chief a Uon passant. (19) Armyne ; impaling —
Three piles, a canton ermine [Wrottesley]. (20) Armyne ;
impaling — Three bars [Bussey]. (21) A chevron between
three trefoils [Sleford] ; impaling — Armyne. (22) Three
dexter arms, armed in pale [Armstrong] ; impaling — Armyne.
(23) Ermine, a chevron [Wenslow] ; impaling — Armyne.
(24) Fretty [Cave] ; impaling — Armyne.
Above the capitals of the pillars are the crests of the ermine, and
the supporters of the monument are ornamented with trophies.
On a stone let into the south wall of the chancel, south of the altar,
this in capitals :
Memorise sacrum. | Gulielmus Armyne armig. fil. Guhelmi
Armyn | de Osgodby ar. ex Ehzabetha filia Hugonis | Bussy
armig. requiescit sub pavimento | juxta murum cum Katherina
consorte | sua ex qua suscepit quatuor fihos viz. | GuUel.
prima aetate mort. Johannem et | Antonium abreptos morbo
sudabundo | Barthol. haeredem et vi fihas Margarit. | Elizabet.
Katherin. Dorotheam lanam et | Thomasm. deinde patribus
adjunctus est | anno setatis Liin salutis MDLvni Eliz. i | die
Decern, xxv.
Another stone let into the south wall, also in capitals :
Mors mihi lucrum. | Hereby lyeth Jane Cha | worth wife
unto John | Cha worth of Southwell | in y^ coimtie of Nott' |
esq., and daught. of Da | vid Vincent of Barneck | m the
countie of Nort. | esq., who had by her | husband xii sonnes
and I 4 daughters. She hved | a right zelus & godly | life, &
dyed y^ third of | July 1606.
228 LAVINGTON
A large black stone against the north wall of the chancel, in
capitals :
Here lieth the body of | Mrs Mary Blomer, late wife of the
Rev. D'" Blomer, vicar of this parish, | who died the 20th of
June 1759, in the 62 year of her age. | Here lieth also the
body of the said Rev. Thomas Blomer, D.D., | who died the 29
of January 1764, in the 85 year of his age. | Memento mori. |
And ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy
faith I Praying in the Holy Ghost keep yourselves in the
love of God I Looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto I Eternal life. | And unto him that is able to keep you
from falling and | To present you faultless before the presence
of his glory | With exceeding joy. | To the only wise God
our Saviour be Glory and Majesty | Dommion and power
both now and for ever. | Amen.
A marble tablet against the east wall, south of the altar, also in
capitals :
In memory of the Rev** Mr Francis | Hetherington, B.D.,
vicar of Lavington 1 alias Lenton and rector of Evedon,
both I in the county of Lincoln, who departed | this life the
26 day of October 1768 | in the 64 year of his age. | Crux
Christi | honor mihi.
In the nave is a large stone (D) where has been a brass inscription
and figures, but havuig been taken out they are now kept by Mr
Hard wick the vicar in his house for their better preservation. The
figure is in armour, bareheaded, of large size, his hands clasped
as if in prayer, a shield of arms was on the stone, but is now entirely
lost, the mscription is in old character :
Here lyeth Richard Quadring esq. which de | cessed ye xxix
day of Septembr' the yer of our Lord | moccccc°xi, on whose
soule Jh'u have mercy.
A flat stone (D) at the west end of the south aisle, in capitals :
Here lieth the body of | William Nottingham | son of Thomas |
Nottingham and of | Catherine his wife. | He departed this
life I November the 17, 175 . , | aged 56 years.
On another more to the east also in capitals (D) :
Here lieth the body of | Catharine the wife of | Thomas
Nottingham | who departed this life | July the 29, 1749, |
aged 84 years.
Another still more to the east, likewise in capitals (D) :
Here lieth the body [ of Anne daughter of | Thomas and
Catherine | Nottingham who died | April y^ 22^, 1764, | aged
63 years.
Another to the east (D) :
Here lies the body of | Elizabeth the daughter | of Thomas
Knight yeoman | and Alice his wife, who | departed this
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life I October 14, 1751, and | in the 20*^ year of her age. |
While here my daughter I have lost | What fates decree
cannot be crost. | Contentedly I tarry here | Till God
commands me to my dear.
The church consists of a nave and south aisle, separated bj'^
three pointed arches with plain pillars ; a chancel divided by a
screen (R) from the nave ; and tower with a spire at the west end.
The font is an octagon, pannelled with shields in cinquefoils. In
a window of the nave are these arms (D) — Argent, a lion rampant
gules ; and in the east window of the south aisle — Gules, on a
border argent six cinquefoils of the first [Darcy].
[See also L.R.8. i, 207 ; Lines. N. & Q. xiv, 97-104.]
(MS iii, 3-13.)
Heabenjjam
Notes taken in the church, 8 August, 1833 —
A white marble monument against the east wall, these arms above
— Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, a bear rampant sable, chained
or [Beresford] ; 2nd and 3rd, Per chevron argent and or, three
pheons sable [Hassal] ; impaling — Azure, a saltier engrailed argent
[Tyringham] :
M.S. I of I Christopher Beresford ] eldest son of William
Beresford late of | Long Ledenham in the county of Lincoln,
Esq., I by Margaret daughter of S'' William Thorold of j
Marston in the said county, Bart. He married Jane the j
eldest daughter of Charles Halford of Edith Weston | in the
county of Rutland, Esq., by whom he had issue | 4 children.
He afterwards married Issabel daughter | of Sir Francis
Molineux of Hawton in the county of | Nottingham, Bart.,
and having been High Sheriff of the | said county An^ Dom^
1700 and Commissioner of the | Peace in three Reigns, died
much lamented the 16*1^ day | of January 1716, aged 65. |
And also of William Beresford, Esq., eldest son of | the said
Christopher who married Jane y^ daughter | of John Tyring-
ham of Nether Winchenden in the | county of Bucks, Esq.
(by whom leaving issue | one son). He died the 15*^ day
of November 1729, | aged 53. Both buried near this place. |
Jana relicta praefati Gul. H.M.P. anno 1730.
On a brass plate in the floor near the last monument, and in the
north of the chancel :
Here lycth buryed Elizabeth late wife of Xp'ofer | Beresforde
of Ledenham in the county of Lincoln, | Esq'', one of the
daughters of William Cartwright of | Ossington in y*" coun :
of Nott :, Esq., by Grace Dabridgcourt | his wife ; shee brought
forth 9 sonns and 6 daugh- | ters and left 6 sonns and six
daughters lyveing, | & dyed in y« 42<^ yeare of her age y«
230 LEADENHAM
24**^ of Dec. 1635. | Wife, mother, friend, to Kin, to poore,
the best : | In vertues seate, in heaven, her soule is blest. |
Posuit hoc msestissimus ejus vir ; C : B : |
I was thy husband's kyn, & soe was thyne,
I have noe need to Idohze thy shryne.
Wee lyveing for thy vertues lov'd : all vice
Thy soule abhor 'd, and's blest in Paradise.
Chr. Beresforde | of Fulbeck, | Esq.
A very elegant monument against the north wall of the chancel,
being a Gothic arch, angels supporting it from under ; the arms
are — Gules, a chevron between three lions' paws erazed argent,
on a chief of the second an eagle displayed sable [Brown] ; impaling
— Azure, a chevron ermine between three swans argent [Swan].
The inscription in Gothic character :
Charlotte | wife of the Rev*^ Tho^ Brown | rector of this
church, I and daughter of | the Rev^ Francis Swan and | Maria
his wife, | died April xxvii, | mdcccxxxi.
On a black stone in the chancel, the arras cut above — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, A bear rampant chained [Beresford] ; 2nd, Per
chevron . . . and . . . three pheons [Hassal] ; 3rd, A saltier
engrailed [Tyringham] :
Here lyeth the body of | Christopher Beresford of this parish
Esq. I the only Son of William Beresford | late of this parish,
Esq., and Jane his wife, | only daughter of John Tyring-
ham I of Lower Winchendon in the county of Bucks, Esq. |
He was a youth blest with | a sprightly Genius, | a lively
wit and | an early good sense : | All which were so crown 'd
with I a natural sweetness of temper, | a pious sense of every
duty and [ a thorough virtuous disposition : | and so happily
placed I in the best way of improvement, | that he greatly
promised, in his future life | to add to the honors of | the
ancient families from whence he sprung : | and to be, in an
eminent degree, | of ornament and service to his country. |
But as it pleased God without further proof, | to take him
to himself : | his mournful mother | bore this sudden and severe
tryal | with an amazing steadiness, | which only religion
could support : | and piously submitting to the will of Heaven, |
placed this stone for him and herself. | He died Mar : 23,
MDCCXL, I in the 16 year of his age.
A white marble monument at the entrance to the chancel on the
north side, these arms above — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent,
two bends wavy sable [Key] ; 2nd and 3rd, Argent, three lions'
paws erazed, in a border azure [Brown] :
Near | this entablature lie the remains | of Wilham Key | late
of Nottmgham, gent:, | who died May 1: 1752, aged 64. | He
was a most tender husband, | a most indulgent father, | and
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a most sincere friend ; | and to every person with whom
conversant, | affable, courteous, and benevolent. | He was
ever steady to his principle, | a zealous defender of the church, |
a strenuous assertor of Liberty : | but what was above all |
(and must ever prove most worthy imitation, | and be
revered by posterity) | He liv'd and dy'd, | not only in
profession, but also in practice, | a truly religious, and sincere
Christian.
On a similar monument exactly opposite on the south side with
the same arms over :
Near | this entablature lie the remains | of Elhs Key | son of
William and Ann Key | late of Nottingham | who died Dec'"
25 : 1756, | aged 37.
On a flat black stone in the nave, arms quarterly of Key :
Here lies interred the body of | Ellis Key | late of Notting-
ham j who died Dec. 25, 1756, | aged 37.
On a black stone next to the last with the arms quarterly of
Key:
Here lies interred the body of | William Key late of | Notting-
ham, gent., who departed this life | May 1, 1752, aged 64. |
In the same grave lies the remains | of Ann wife of the said j
William Key, gent., | who departed this life Oct. 21, 1729, j
aged 40, | and also the remains of Thomas | son of William
and Ann Key | who departed this life Aug. 30, 1730, |
aged 18.
Against the east wall of the chancel is a stone shield of arms, well
carved, inscribed above C.B. The arms are — Quarterly, 1st and
4th, . . . . , a bear rampant . . . chained and muzzled . .
[Beresford] ; 2nd and 3rd, Per chevron between three pheons . . . ,
a crescent for difference [Hassal] ; the whole differenced by a
crescent.
On the floor below on a brass plate is the following inscription in
capitals :
Here lyeth Margaret late wife of William Beresforde | of
Ledenham in the countie of Lincolne, Esq^. second | daughter
of S*" William Thorold of Marston in the countie | aforesaid,
Kt and Baronet, who left living fower children, | Anne,
Elizabeth, Christopher, and William, and departed | this
life in the thirtie seaventh yeare of her age the | 20th day
of November 1655. | Heere lies interred heere lies one, | Ah
aske not who without a groane, | Prudence meekness all the
graces, | which with our losse have lost there places, | If a
chast wife a virgin may be sayd, | Who lived a woman but
which dyed a mayd | Reader who soe're thou bee | TeU the
world what I tell thee.
232 LEADENHAM
A flat stone more to the west within the altar rails :
Here lyeth Isabell the | wife of Chr. Beresford, | esq., youngest
daughter | of S^ Fra. Molyneux Bar. who departed | the 12
day I of April | 1708.
A white marble monument (R) against the north wall of the chancel,
the arms over — Argent, a lion rampant gules ; impaling — Argent,
two bendlets azure [Key] ; a helmet over ; in capitals :
In this chancel lie deposited | the remains of Ellis Key, esq.,
of this place, | buried the 12*^ of Feby 1723, ] aged 41 years. |
Also of Anna his wife | one of the daughters of Edward Storer,
esq., of Buckminster | in the county of Lincoln, | buried
the 17*^ of June 1765, | aged 79 years. | They had six children |
viz. Mary, John, Thomas, and Ellis, who died Infants, | Jane
still surviving bom the 29th of May 1716, | married to WiUiam
Reeve of | Melton Mowbray in the county of Leicester, Esq^., |
the 9th of October 1738. | Heiress of her late brother John
Key, esq., | who was bom the 3^ of June 1723, and interred
here | the 16th of April 1789, | aged 65 years | who by his
will gave five hundred pounds for the benefit of | poor men
of this parish above the age of 50 who should not have |
received relief from, or lived in, any of the Poor Houses
belonging j to the said parish for the space of seven years |
previous to their being candidates for the said charity.
[On the floor, underneath the above, on the south side,] the figure of
a lady in brass, her hands clasped let into a blue stone, inscription
in capitals in brass :
Here lyeth the Right Honourable the Ladie Elizabeth |
daughter to y® right Hon. Thomas Earell of | Lincolne Lord
Clynton & Saye & wife to John Beresforde, Gent., to whome
shee left living | 3 children Thomas, Marye, & Fynes, shee |
departed this life 26*^ of July Aimo D'ni 1624, | setatis
sue 32.
On a flat stone more to the north in capitals :
M.S. I Maria | Jeremise Elhs, S.T.P., | uxor quae geminos |
Theophilum et Rebeccam | una cum Matre sepultos enixae j
decessit | ob. A.S. 1783. | Juxtaque | Anna et Harriet | ex
eisdem Jeremia et Maria | susceptae infantes conduntur.
On another more to the north :
To the memory of | John Key, esq., | who died April P*,
1789, I aged 66 years.
Two other stones more to the west both in capitals :
Sub hoc lapide | jacent reliquiae Rebeccae | Jeremiae Ellis,j
S.T.P., matris | ob. A.S. 1783 | aetat. lxxxvi.
Carolus | filius alter | Jeremice et Mariae Elhs. | Hie humi
redditus | annos xx natus j vi febris malignae | consumptus
periit | A.S. mdcclxxxix.
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A blue stone more to the north :
Here | lies interred the body of | Henry Reeve | third son
of William Reeve, esq., | by Melicent Mary his wife | who
died on the 26 day of | September 1801, | in the 13 year of |
his age.
Another more to the east :
Here | lies interred the body of | Jane Reeve | eldest daughter
of William Reeve, esq., | by Melicent Mary his wife | who
died on the 3'> day of | March 1808, | in the 23 year of | her
age.
A handsome white stone monument in the ancient style against
the wall of the north aisle consisting of a cinquefoiled ogee arch
crocketed, ending in a fine finial, these arms over — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Reeve ; 2nd, Per bend argent and or two bends [Key] ;
Sable, on a chevron engrailed argent three escallops of the
field [for Sherard]. Crest — A horse's head couped argent collared
gules [Reeve]. Inscription in capitals on a white marble slab :
Sacred to the memory | of | William Reeve, esq., | of Leaden-
ham, I son and heir of William Reeve, esq., | of Melton
Mowbray | in the county of Leicester, | and Jane his wife, |
who died at Cheltenham December 27, 1820, | aged 69 years. |
He was kind, affectionate, sincere, | and deeply lamented j
by his family and friends ; | his remains are deposited | in
the family vault beneath.
On a brass plate in the south aisle in capitals (R) :
To the memory of | Sarah Hunton, | who died Feb'^' 11,
1799, I aged 78 years. | Also of Robert Hunton | who died
Sepf 15th, 1798^ I aged 58 years. \ Also of Edward Muxlow |
he died Sep^ 8*^, 1794, | aged 12 years.
A flat stone at the east end of the south aisle, this inscription round,
beginning at the east side, the west side covered by a pew, in old
character (R) :
Were earth from earth : by birth or vertue kept then worthy
Vaughan here : had never slept : but : though his bodie in
this tombe be thrust : death hath : not laid his honor : in the
dust : his dood [sic] deeds live : and praise him : after dreath
[sic] : True vertue : never dyde for : want of breath. : Abiit
28 January, : aetatis suae 70, : Anno Dom'i 1618. : Posuit
Winifred : Vaughan.
On a handsome grey veined marble slab supported on four square
pillars, the arms of Beresford above and the crest a griffin's head
holding in his beak an arrow [Beresford] :
In memory of j Christopher Beresford, gentleman, | son of
Christopher Beresford of | Ledenham in the County of Lincoln,
esq"^., I by Jane his first wife | eldest daughter of Charles
234 LEADENHAM
Halford, esq""., | of Edith Weston in the county of Rutland, |
who departed this hfe August the 14*^^ 1738, | and in the
6pt year of his age.
On a lozenge shaped marble slab in the nave (D) :
In memory | of a dutiful son and | sincere friend the Rev^
Mr I Robert Mason of Mareham | le Fen, ob. July l^t, 1737, |
aged 28 years and 8 months.
This church is large and handsome. It consists of a nave separated
from its aisles by three lofty pointed arches with clustered columns.
A similar arch opens into the chancel, the east window of which
is filled with modem painted glass. The altar is solid stone in
the old fashion, with shields round it, and at the corners, at the
bottom, lions. This and the east window was presented to the
church by the Rev^ Tho^ Brown the present rector.
[See also L.E.S. i, 228 ; Jeans, 38-9.]
(MS iii, 219-234.)
Notes taken in the church of Legesby, 14 October, 1840 — The
church is a tolerable size, but thatched, except the chancel. It
consists of a nave, south aisle, and chancel ; there is a covered
porch on the south side. The font, which is plain, has sunk down
on one side.
On the east wall of the chancel is a tablet with this inscrip-
tion (R) :
Near | this place lie | the remains of | William Branston
Gen* I who died Nov^ 19, 1778. | Also of | Leah his widow |
who died July 17, 1806, | aged 81.
In the aisle there have been some old stones ; one has had a small
brass plate, but now gone ; and another has had an inscription
round the edge, too much worn to be decipherable.
(MS ix, 227-228.)
TLimhtx iWagna
Notes taken in the church, 30 August, 1835 —
On a tablet against the south wall of the chancel (R) :
Sacred [ to the memory of the Rev** | George Holiwell, who'
having j faithfully discharged his duty | as rector of Somerby
near | Brigg almost 53 years, and as | vicar of this parish
45 years, | departed this life the 15 | day of April 1787, in
the 79 I year of his age. | Robert his eldest son, who died | at
Swallow, was buried in this | chancel Feb. 24, 1790, in the |
46 year of his age.
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On a similar tablet close by, to the west of the last (R) :
Sacred \ to the memory of Mary | Holiwell relict of the Rev^ |
George Holiwell | who died at Brigg on the | 27 day of Decem-
ber 1801, I in the 77 year of her age, | beloved & lamented
by all I who knew her.
There are many flat stones, across the end of the nave, two of
which are to the Byrons.
[See also L.R.S i, 105.]
(MS vii, 61-62.)
arte Catfjebral Cfjurclj of lincoln
Notes taken in the cathedral of Lincoln, [blank] August, 1833 —
In Bishop Russell's Chapell on the west side a white marble monu-
ment (R) with these arms above — A saltier [Yorke] ; impaling
Sable, a bend between three garbs or [? for Oates], colours nearly
gone, the whole in a lozenge :
In memoriam | Eliz. Yorke, cujus cineres hoc intra sacellum |
ipsius votis depositi requiescunt. | Et si qua restat humanitas,
si quae pro defunctorum votis | usquam relligio ; diu requies-
cant. I Nata erat | Ricardo Oates de Pontefracto proles
unica | vixit | marito, Willhelmo Yorke de Lessingham |
valde dilecta | Amicorum deliciae ; omnibus grata | tandem j
longa effracta valetudine, | patientia vero, fide spe salva ; j
foelix natae pio amore, foehx pietate sua, | dei opt. max.
tutela et prsesidio freta, | doloris expers, anima furtim
corpore elapsa, | placide obdormivit | prid. kal. Marti j |
MDCCXL I hoc posuit Pen. Yorke.
On a white marble tablet next to the last (R), with these arms
under — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, a chevron gules between
three sheaves of three arrows each sable, banded and pointed of
the second [Best] ; 2nd, Argent, a lion rampant gules, over all a
fesse sable [Whittingham] ; 3rd, Azure, a fleur de Us argent
[Digby] :
Henry Best, M.A., | prebendary of this church, | died 1755,
aged 57, | His relict, Mercy, | daughter of Richard Whitting-
ham esq'" I died 1777, aged 72. | Henry Best D.D., | prebendary
of this church, | died 1782, aged 51, | His relict, Magdalene, |
daughter of Kenelm Digby esq*" | died 1797, aged 63.
On a white marble tablet against the north wall :
Sacred to the memory | of | the Rev^ John Gordon, D.D.,
F.S.A., I archdeacon of Lincoln, | Precentor of this church, |
and Rector of Henstead | in the county of Suffolk, | who
departed this life | January the 4th, 1793, | aged 67 yeai-s. |
Also of I Anne Gordon | his wife | rehct of the Rev'^ D''
236 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN
Williams | of Barrow in the county of Suffolk | and daughter
of the Rev'^ D^ Dighton | of Newmarket by Elizabeth his
wife, I who died | June the 15th, 1781, | aged 63 years. | The
memory of the just is blessed | Prov. x : 7.
On a stone tablet against the east side in capitals (R) :
Here lieth Marye davghter to | George Fitzwilliam of Mable
Thorpe esqvire, who was first | maried to Richard Hiltofte
esqvire, after to Anthony | Nevill gent., & last to Francis |
Bvllingham esqvire, who did | commend her sovle to God,
& I her bodye to the grave the [Hth] | of November awno
1607.
On a white marble monument against the east wall, with these
arms above — Argent, a fesse wavy between three estoiles sable
[Gilby] :
In I memory of | Elizabeth Hatton widow | one of the
daughters of | S*" William Scroggs knt, sometime j cheif
justice of the Kings Bench. | First married to Anthony Gylbj-
esq. I of Everton in the county of Nottingham, | and after-
wards to the Hon^'^ Charles Hatton, | younger son of
Christopher Lord Hatton, | of Kirby in the county of
Northampton, | who dyed May xxii, | mdccxxiv. | Her
only surviveing son William Gylby esq., | recorder of this city
erected this monument | intending it for her and himself.
Underneath on the pedestal of the monument is inscribed (D) :
Here also lyeth the body of the said | William Gylby, | her
son, who died the 10th of May | mdccxliv | aged Lxxv years.
On a small stone in the east wall (R) :
Here lyeth Anne Cvr | wen, davghter of Sir | Nicholas Cvrwen
of I Workington | within the | covnty of Cvmberlawd ( knight,
who died the | 13 day of Aprill, amio | Domm 1609, setatis 21.
There are some old shields of arms belonging to old tombs lying
about this chapel, being brought here when the monuments were
removed from other parts of the church. They are on stone and
as follows (some are rather broken) — (1) The Diocese of Lincoln ;
impaling — A chevron lozengy between three crosslets fiche azure
[Reynolds] ; a mitre above. (2) Quarterly of 4, 1st, An arm
grasping a sword on which is the banner of St George's cross [Lake,
for augmentation] ; 2nd, A bend between six crosslets fiche a
mullet for a difference [Lake] ; 3rd, Quarterly . . . and ... on
a bend three mullets [Cayley] ; 4th, A chevron between three
boars' heads [Wardall] ; the arms of Ulster on an escucheon in
the centre. Crest (broken). (3) A bend, on which a mullet, and
a canton with the arms of Ulster [Everingham] ; impaling —
Quarterly over all a bend on which three fleur de lis [Eure]. (4) Three
fleur de lis in bend between two bendlets. Crest a garb [Hackett].
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THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN 237
In the chapel of St Nicholas
At the east end of the south aisle a black stone :
Here lyeth the body of | Catherme Brown widdow | and
relict of Hvmphry | Browne of the Close of | Lincoln, gent.,
and daughter | of Thomas Williams of | Glanagorss in the
Isle of i Anglesey, esq., who departed | this life the 21st day
of I January 1720, aged 76. | I have waited for thy salvation
O Lord.
On a black stone to the west of the last, these arms above — On
a chevron between three martlets, three mullets [for Houseman] ;
impaling — Ermine, on a canton a saltier [Jeffs]. Crest — An arm
holding a battle axe :
Here lies the body of Mrs | Lucy Houseman late wife | of
Mr James Houseman and | also daughter & one of the | co-
heiresses of James Jeffs | late of the Middle Temple, | esq.,
who died the 25th day oi \ August in the 21st year of | her
age and in the year of our | Lord 1714.
More to the west below the steps and near the second pillar :
Here lyeth the body of ] Mrs Elizabeth Greathe[d] wife of |
Edward Greathed of the close of | Lincoln, esq'', and daughter
of I George Heneage of Hainton | in this county, esq'', | who
died June xxix^ii ; | mdccxxxvii, aged xlix, | and their
three daughters | Elizabeth, Juliana, j and Wmifred. | Also |
Mary the fourth daughter | ob : xiv November mdccxlv,
set : 11.
The inscription is in capitals in bas relief with these arms above
in a lozenge — Semy of martlets . . four barrulets [for Greathed] ;
impaling — A greyhound current between three tygers' heads
cabossed in a border engrailed [Heneage] :
In the Lady chapel
Immediately under the great east window, a black stone above
the steps :
Here lyes the body of Eliz. Hatton | one of the daughters
of I S"^ Wm Scroggs, knight, | sometime chief Justice of y^
Kings Bench. | First marryed to Anthony Gjdby of Euerton |
in the county of Nottingham, esq., | and afterwards to y^
hon^i*^ Charles Hatton | younger son of Christopher | late
lord Hatton of Kirkby | in the county of Northampton, |
who dyed May the 22d, 1724, aged 75.
Next to it on a black stone in capitals cut in bas relief :
Hie sepultus est | Newcomen Wallis Armiger | quern anno
domini mdccxxx^ | Decembris die xxxi" | anno vero aetatis
xxxivo I Immitissimae febris vis die | morbi rv^ e vita exemit.
Inter | sodales suos nemo erat aut | liberalior aut amabilior
Id, I si quid vitii in se habet est ] viris ceteroqui optimis |
commune, multisque ille | virtutibus compensavit, in | amicitiis
238 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN
inchoandis cautus | conservandis vero constans | et fidelis ;
uxoris et filii | unici, quos superstites post | se habuit
amantissimus | denique, ut nullos | inimicos vivus sibi fecit, |
ita multos amicos | desiderio ejus moerentes | moriens reliquit :
On a black stone next to the above, with these arms above —
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, A fess ermine [Wallis] ; 2nd and 3rd, A
chevron between three bucks' heads couped [Collingwood]. In an
escucheon — On a fesse between three quatrefoils three fleurs de lis
[for Hutton]. Crest a wolf's head erazed. In capitals in bas relief :
Tho^ Wallis | of Lincolns Inn, esq^., | only son of | Newcomen
Wallis, esqr., | ob : April 13, 1761, | aged 37.
On a small lozenge-shaped stone next to the last :
Richard Winlow | son of Moses Terry of the | close of Lincoln,
esq., I and Sarah his wife | died October 11°, 1723°, | aged
6 years.
On a stone next to the last to the north :
Here 1 lies the body of Jane Hastings | relict of | Howard
Hastings esq., and | daughter of Moses Terry, LL.B., | died
Sepf 22<3, 1759, | aged 46 years.
(A singular account of the disorder by w^^ this Lady died will
be found in Gent's Mag. 1767, p. 360.)
On the next stone to the north :
The Rev. | Moses Terry, LL.B., | prebend of this church, |
rector of Leadenham, | vicar of WeUingore, | and registrar
to the Dean and Chapter of this cathedral, | died Feb. 23,
1757, I aged 75. | Here lyes the remains of | Mrs Sarah Terry |
ob* Dec^r 15th, 1762, | in the 79*^ year of her age.
On a stone lower down near that of Elizabeth Greathead :
In memory of Elizabeth | and Winifred infant | davghters
of I Edward Greathed, esq., | and Elizabeth his wife, | 1728.
On a black stone to the north of the last, with these arms above —
On a bend five escallops between six lozenges each charged with
an escallop [Pollen] ; impaling — Three leopards' heads jessant
fleur de lis. Crest — A pelican :
Here lyes the body of lane the wife of | Edward Pollen, esq.,
who departed | this life the 9th day of July in the year of
our I Lord 1702, in the 23d year of her age.
On a stone near the last :
The Revd Henry Best | 1755, | aged 57. | Mercy Best, | 1777, |
aged 72. | Henry Best D.D. | 1782, | aged 51. | Magdalene
Best, I 1797, | aged 63.
A handsome white marble table slab supported on square pillars.
Above these arms — A buck's head cabossed [Gardiner] ; impaling
— Per pale .... and .... three demi lions passant [Hammond] :
Sub hoc marmore | viri maxime venerabilis I Jacobi Gardiner,
I
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239
A.M., I hujus ecclesiae .subdecani : | Sub hoc etiam filiae
unicse | Susannse Gardiner | tali parente dignissimse : | corpora
simul tumulata jacent.
Si Patrem respicias : | Omnia,
quae in summis viris requir-
untur,
peries.
Si Filiam Spectes : | Sexus sui
Gloria, et ad laudem Dux in-
clyta ! I magna
aggressa est : |
memoranda expectes. | qualis aliisque virtutibus jam clara ! |
fuerit ; | Scripta sua admiranda majora pollicita est. | At heu !
melius indicabunt. | Illic ubique quam cito, | primo setatis flore
in hoc eminuisse re-
Ne vero hie omnia
dum vixit,
Munificentia,
Indoles rara, et eximia eluces-
cit. I Vita autem, quam sancta,
ac Pia, I Quam comis, et Be-
nigna, | In divinis suis ser-
monibus, | Ut in tabula depicta,
exhibetur. | Nihil enim ibi
scripsit, I Quod non moribus
egregijs commendavit. I Hoc
abrepta, | Spes et Isetitiam nos-
tram luctibus mutavit ! | Dum
Patrem aegrotum sedula nimis
curat : | Dum huic noctesqs et
dies assidet, et ministrat : |
Dum hunc levare omni studio
laborat : | Morbisque conflictan-
tem Tristis videt : I Dum pro
igitur amisso, I Quis dolori novstro hujus salute anxia fuit, suae
modus, aut lacrymis erit ? | En ! negligens : | Febris ah ! dira
qui in dubiis rebus solamen ; | invasit : ex qua confecta, |
Qui miseris notum perfugium Paucis post diebus Patrem, non
mansit : | Qui non sibi, at aliis invita, secuta est. | Sic Parenti-
natus videbatur : | Qui ami- bus obsequens, et amata vixit : |
corum omnium Deliciae, ac Ut dubium sit illine, an hsec,
decus : | Qui deniqs hujus plus ofificio vincerent. | Sic sin-
ecclesiae maximum omamentum gulis amabilis, et accepta : |
enituit : | Nunc pulvere et tene- ut admiration! simul ac voluptati
bris flebilis urgetur ! | Non jam esset. | Sic Patri per omnia
lingua, audientibus semper grata, similis, | Atque huic assidua
loqui : | nee membra, ut antea, comes esse solita : | Ut eo orbata
Gestus decoros, | Aut ullos dare vix superesse posse videretur. |
sciunt : | Non amplius Pauperi- Sic saepius, stirpe arboris principe
bus extendi dextra : | Nee casum recisa, | Languent cito, ac mar-
infelicis respicere oculus potest. |
Nullus sane querelarum finis
esset : | Ni, quae decessum ejus
nobis luctuosum fecerint, |
Tutam ipsi ad gloriam sempi-
temam viani muniissent : | Hac
fiducia, hoc sensu animos erecti, |
Mortis in cum impetus, et vic-
toriam speniimus : | Ipsum quasi
Caelos Ingressum, | Divisque jam
permixtum intuemur.
cescunt Rami Teneriores. |
Omnibus multum Desiderata
obiit : I Solum ipsi placuit sua
Mors. I Hie etiam Dina Gardiner,]
Jacobi Gardiner subdecani | Pars
altera, et sibi charior ; | Maesta
dudum, ac Manca relicta. | Nunc
iteium Marito et filiae reddita
est. I In terris tumulo, ac coelis
Comes gratissima ! | Faemina
digna viro tanto ; Vir conjuge
felix : I IMoribus et natae notus
uterque parens.
240 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN
On an adjoining white marble slab also supported on pillars with
these arms above — The Diocese of Lincoln ; impaling — A buck's
head cabossed [Gardiner]. The inscription in capitals :
Conditos, quisquis, cineres Beati | Prsesulis calcas moriture,
normam | Disce vivendi, stimuletqs diss | Gloria palmse |
Vera si cordi est Pietas, fidesqs. | Si pudor priscus, placidusqs
mentis | Candor ; antiques, imitare mores | Gardmerumqs. |
Qui diii patrum aemulus optimorum | Legibus vitse, studiisqj
Sanctis ; | Duxit exemplar, specimenqs primi | Rettulit iEui. |
Prosperae pectus bene prasparatum | Res, nee adversae
poterant movere : | se parem semper sibi, cseterisqs ] Gessit
amicum. | Hinc et in terris superesse famam, | et datur celsas
animam tenere | cselitum sedes ; nee habente finem | Pace
potiri. I Disce virtutem monitus ; fugaces | Te monent anni ;
monet et sepultus | Praesul : I, mortis memor insequentis |
I, pede fausto.
On a stone underneath the first table monument :
Here lye together interred ; | James Gardiner, M.A., j sub-
dean of this church ; | (the eldest son of Bishop Gardmer ;) |
and his only daughter | Susamia Gardiner ; | who dyed soon
after her father, | He dying March 24, 173|, aged 53, | she
April 27 after, aged 22. | The truest worth, in loveliest manner
placed I Adorn 'd each breast : and all their actions graced |
One glorious aim had both ; like heavnly mind | And as in
life & death ; in bliss are joined. | Dinah Gardiner | wife of
James Gardiner, subdean, | dyed Sept. 4, 1734.
Underneath the table slab with the saphicks this inscription :
Here lyeth the body of | James Gardiner, D.D., | Installed
subdean of this church A.D. 1671, | and from thence preferd
to the I Bishoprick of this Diocess | who departed this life
March 1st, 1704, | In the sixty eight year of his age, | and |
in the eleventh year of his consecration.
On a white marble monument against the west wall near the centre
door of entrance to the cathedral the mitre and crosier above :
Episcopi quondam Lincolniensis pientissimi | WalUse primi
praesidis | academiae Oxon cancellarii | Necnon collegij
^nei Nasi, ibidem, fundatoris primi et prsecipui | quicquid
infra Caelum superest, juxta hie conditur : | cujus quidem
memoriam, efiigiem et insignia, | posteris olim quantum potuit,
prodidit aenea lamina, | Tabulae marmoreae perquam eleganti
et magnificae, affixa, | banc tamen laminam tabulamqj
sacram. | prope ostium occidentale primitus locatas | et in
pristine pene statu, anno IMV^'^, adhuc remanentes, |
Cromwelli flagitiosus grex, paulo post rerum potiens diripuit j
Lucroq3 suo avide et scelerate apposuit | en tamen veteres,
ipsissimasqs inscriptiones, | a Willielmo Dugdale Armigero,
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN 241
(postea equite aurato) | deqs antiquariis praeclare merito
fideliter asservatas ; | et Domino Thomse Yate, S.T.P., |
Collegii -^nei Nasi Priiic', Anno 1668^° demandatas. | ad effigiei
caput se dedit hsec inscriptio | " Sub marmore isto tenet
hie tumulus ossa | " Venerabilis in Christo Patris, et domini,
domini Willelmi Smyth, | " quondam Coventriensis et Lich-
fieldiensis, et deinde Lincolni- | " ensis Prsesulis qui obiit
secundo die mensis Januarii, Anno | " Domini millesimo
quingentesimo decimo tertio cujus animse | " propitietur
Deus. qui pius et misericors, et in die tribulationis | " misericors
pecata remittit. Ecclesiastici 2, 11" | "Ad pedes vero haec ; |
" Cestrensis Presul, post Lincolniensis ; amator | " cleii,
nam multos cis mare transqs aluit ; | " quiqj utriusqj fuit
prsefectus principis aulae, | " Fundavitqs duas perpetuando
scolas. I " Aulaqs sumptu hujus renovata est Enea Criste |
" Hie situs est, animse parce benigne suae " | Ut tanta nunc
iterum de tanto Homine hie Loci pateant, | Marmoream,
quam spectus, tabulam proprio sumptu, substituendam
curavit | Radulphus Cawley, S.T.P., prsefati collegii Princ',
A.D. 1775*0.
In Bishop Fleming's chapel
A white marble monument against the east wall flanked by two
Corinthian pilasters and surmounted by an urn. Arms below —
Azure, a bend or [Scrope] ; impahng — Gules, on three roundles
.... as many squirrels .... [Creswell]. Crest — A plume of
feathers issuing from a ducal coronet :
Hie juxta jacet quae mortalis erat | Elizabetha Scrope |
Gervasii Scrope de Cockerington | in agro Lincolniensi Armi-
geri I uxor charissima | Richardi Creswell de Sudbury | in
agro Salopiensi Armigeri | filia unica | SS Trinitatis, clum
vixit I cultrix pia et assidua | superioribus suis obsequens,
paribus comis suis | inferioribus facilis, omnibus grata | quae
sex mutui amoris pignora | msesto relinquens conjugi | obiit
25 die Julii anno salutis nostrse 1719 [ setatis suae 27.
A marble monument to the south of the last, arms above — Ermine,
on a pile sable a leopard's head cabossed jessant de lis or [Terry] ;
impaling — Argent, three lions' heads erazed gules a bordure vert
[Winlow]. Below, a lozenge of these arms — ^A manche . . .
[Hastings] ; impaling — the former shield quarterly (the colours
are gone) :
Near this place lies Moses Terry, LL.B., | of Trinity CoU.
Oxford, in the year 1729 | he went into orders, & was pre-
sented to I the rectory of Leadenham, | by Wm Beresford,
esq., patron thereof : j was also a prebend, of this church, |
and vicar of WelUngore. | He married Sarah daughter, and
coheiress to | Richti Windeloe, esq., (commonly called Win-
low) 1 of Sydenham and Lewknor in ye coimty of Oxford, |
242 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN
and formerly of Notley Abbey | in the county of Bucks ; | by
whom he had 3 children, | and this monument is erected | by
his only surviving child, | Jane, relict of Howard Hastings,
esq. ; j intending it also in | memory of her mother ; herself ; |
and her brother Richard Winlow Terry, | who died October
11th, 1723 : aged 6 years. | The said Moses Terry died Feb.
23d, 1757, 1 aged 75 years. | Jane Hastings died Sept. 22d,
1759, I aged 46 years. | In memory of Mrs Sarah Terry relict
of Moses Terry, LL.B., | ob* Dec. 15th, 1762, in the 79th
year of her age.
On a marble tablet between the windows :
Here lyeth the body of | John Inett, D.D., | chanter of this
cathedral, | installd chanter the 27th day | of February 1681, |
he dyed the 4th of March 1717, | aged 70 years. | Here lyeth
the body of | Mary ^ife of John Inett, D.D., | she dyed
November the 26, 1727, | aged 76 years. | Here lieth the body
of I Ellen Roe | wife of Thomas Roe of Litchfield | both
daughters of Richard Harrison | chancellor of the church of
Litchfield, ( aged 71 years.
Two flat stones below commemorate the same persons.
In the Ladye chapel
On a flat blue stone at the east end of the south aisle these arms
over — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Three mullets . . . , within a double
tressure flory .... [Murray] ; 2nd and 3rd, Quarterly ; ist and
ivth, . . . , a fesse chequy . . . and . . . [Stewart] ; iind and iiird,
Paly of six . . . and . . . [Strabolgi]. On an escocheon — Three
legs conjoined . . . [Isle of Man] ; impaling — . . . , a chaplet
.... [Nairne] ; an earl's coronet over :
Here lyeth the body of | William earl of Dunmore |
who dyed December the 1, 1756, | in the 61st year of his
age.
On another more to the north, the arms over — Quarterly . . . and
. . . , three roundles . . . [Howson] ; impaling — ... a chevron
. . . , between three boars' heads, couped . . . [Kirke]. Crest —
A bull's head erazed . . . Motto — Quot Maria intra vi duce te.
The inscription is in raised capitals :
M.S. I Annae uxoris Thomse Howson, gen. | (episcopi et archi-
diaconi | Lincolniensis Registrarii | depvtati et lohannis
Howson, I S.T.P., olim Oxon : et deinde Dvnelm | episcopi
pronepotis) filise | Johannis Kirke de Markham | magno in
agro Notting : Gen' | uxor amabilis et amata vixit | annos
XXIX I et ob beneficentiam | comitatem et eximiam | chari-
tatem ab omnibus | dilecta et desiderata | animam suam
pie et leniter | deo reddidit xv die Martii | A.D. MDCCXXvni, |
setatis suae xlvii.
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN 243
Another similar more to the north with arms and crest of Howson
over :
Hie jacet | Thomas Howson | qui episc. et archidiac. Lincoln,
regist. I munus diu sustinuit, | vicarius inculpabilis : |
Joannis Howson Dunelm. episcopi | non extitit indignus
pronepos. | in officio parum amabih | amorem omnium con-
secutus : | magnam meruit laudem | egenis opes dando, |
majorem | datas reticendo ; | verecundise juxta argumentum,
ac charitatis ! | nee beneficentiam minus laudandam | ad
amicos exercuit : | semper iis certam amicitiam | incertis in
rebus prsestitit : | beneficiorum, quae iis dedit, prior, | quae
aliis accepit, posterior | obHtus. | has ob virtutes defletus
obiit I die Maii xrv anno Dom. mdccxxxvii | aetat. suae lxix.
Another more north, the arms over— . . . , on a bend . . . , an
estoile . . . between two crescents . . . [Scott] ; impahng — • • • ,
a bend . . . [Scrope] ; over it an earl's coronet :
Here | lyeth the body of | the right honourable | Francis
earl of Deloraine, | who died the 10 of April 1739, | aged 33
years.
Another stone more to the west, arms over — . . . , a bend . . .
[Scrope] ; An escucheon ermine, on a fesse . . . three mullets
. . . [Lister]. Crest — ^A plume of feathers issuing out of a ducal
coronet :
Here lieth y« body of | Frances Scrope | 2^ wife of Gervase
Scrope I of Cockerington in y^ county | of Lincolne, esq. ; |
she was y^ 4th daughter and coheir | of Thomas Lister of
Coleby | in y^ county of Lincoln esq. ; | she died in childbed
of her I 1st child y^ 20th day of April A.D. 17[23] | aetatis
suse 25.
Another more to the south with arms and crest of Scrope over :
Hie jacet [ Gervasius Scrope | de Cockerington in agro
Lincolniensi armiger | qui obiit primo die mensis Julii A.D.
1741 I in exspectatione resurrectionis in die | novissimo |
qualis erat dies iste demonstrabit.
Another more to the south :
Here lies the body of | EUzabeth Scrope | the wife of | Gervase
Scrope, esq., | who died the 25th of July, 1719, | and alsoe
the body of | Adrian Scrope | who was bom the 20th of
May I 1711, and died the 5th of March | 17^g, beinge their
eldest son.
Another more to the south ; arms over — Deloraine, impahng
Lister. An earl's coronet. The inscription in raised capitals :
Here lyeth the body of the right | honourable Mary Countess
of Deloraine | wife of the right honourable Francis | earl of
Deloraine and daughter of | Mathew Lister, esq., in this
244 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN
county I who departed this life June the xvi, | MDCCXXXvn,
aged XXXII years.
On another still more to the south ; a lozenge of arms over —
. . . , Semee of crosslets . . . , a cross moline, voided . . .
[Knollis] ; a baron's coronet over :
Here lyeth the body of the right | hon^^^ the Lady Katharine
Knollis I daughter of Charles earl of Banbury | by his wife
Elizabeth daughter of | Michael Lister of Burwell in the |
county of Lincoln, esq. She departed | this life July the
12th, 1730, aged 33 years.
Another at the west end of the same aisle ; arms over — • . • ,
two Uons passant . . . , crowned . . . , a crescent for difference
[Dymoke]. Crest — A sword in pale . . . :
M.S. I Roberti Dymoke A.B. | Rob. Dymoke nuper de Grebby
Arm : fihi | Hon. Lud. Dymoke de Scrivelsby | regis campionis
hseredis proximi : | viri | malitia aut vindicta nequaquam
gaudentis, | sequi tamen rectique custodis fidissimi | ob
sincerum pectus | charitatem animosam, | atque erga ecclesiam
AngUcanam 3e]um | non praetereundi | inter vivos esse desiit |
27 Januarii, anno salutis 1735 setatis 35. | Eheu ! | quando
parem inveniet Veritas nuda.
A stone in the middle aisle :
This temporary stone | is placed | to mark that here
lies interred | Dame Harriet daughter | of L* Gen^
Churchill | first married | to Sir Everard Fawkner. | After
his decease | to Governor Pownall | She died 6th Feb^y 1777,
aged 52.
Another more to the south in raised capitals :
H. S. E. I Thomas Newcomen cl. | hujus ecclesise senior
vicarius | qui obiit vni Feb. mdccxlix, | aetat. suae xxix.
Another still more to the south :
Here lies Selina wife of | Theophilus Newcomen, esq^., |
daughter of Walter Fawnt | of North Colingham j in the
county of Notingham, esq'", | who departed this life | 15th
of January 1725, | aetat. 29. | Here lies also John son of
Theophilus and Selina Newcomen | who departed this life
25th of February 1725, | aged 8 months. | Here lyes interrec
the body of | Theo : Newcomen, esq., who died | Feb. xx,
MDCCXL, aged Ln.
Another still more to the south :
Here lies | the body of Mary Newcomen | (daughter of |
Theophilus Newcomen of | Lmcoln, esq.), | who died June
y« 23, 1764, | aged 42 years ; | also | to the memory | of
Catharine Newcomen | who departed this life | March 2**,
1793, I aged 68 years.
Ik
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN 245
Another more to the south in raised capitals :
To the memory | of the Rev^ | Will™ Johnson, A.M., | who
died March 21st, | 1764, aged 57.
Another still more to the south :
In memory | of | the reverend | Sir Richard Kaye | Bart,
LL.D., I dean of this Cathedral, | who died Dec^ the 25th,
1809, I aged 73 years.
Another stone about the middle of the chapel, arms in lozenge
over — Per pale . . . and . . . , three demy lions . . . [Ham-
mond] :
Here lyetli | the body of Elizabeth Hammond | sister to the
wife of James Gardiner | subdean of this church | she dyed
January 13, 173^, | aged 50.
Another more to the west — Lozengy . . . and . . . , a stag's head
cabossed . . . , between his horns a mullet . . . [Gardiner]. In-
scription in raised capitals :
Here lyeth the body | of lane youngest j daughter of D*"
James | Gardiner late Id | bishop of Lincoln, | bom lune
1685, and | departed this life | Deer 1716.
More to the west, arms of Gardiner over :
Here lyeth the | body of Mrs Anne | Gardiner daughter | of
Dr James Gardiner | late lord Bishop | of Lincoln, she | was
bom May the | eleventh, 1683, | and departed this | life
August the I first, 1714.
Another in capitals very much effaced :
lam ventum est Lector ad | Graciae scihcet lanae que filiarum |
Hon. Francisci Fane equitis de Balneo | de Fulbeck in agro
Lincoln | amore .... moribus consimiHbus |
conjunct . . est | Concordia | pietate non
victa I virginalis | non quotidianum exemplum j
hoc vivit generi con .... gentes | idem variolarum morbus
qui di[visas] | tandem tumulo conso[ciavit] | decessit prior
anno domini 1705 | altera 1711.
On a black slab near the altar screen :
Here lyeth the body of Michael | Honywood, D.D., who was
grandchild | and one of the 367 persons that | Mary the wife
of Robert Honywood, | esq., did see before she dyed | lawfvlly
descended from her that | is 16 of her owne body 114 | grand-
children 228 of the third | generation and 9 of the fovrth.
Another to the south in capitals (D) :
Sac. mem. | Tim. Wellfitt, S.T.P., | hujus ecc. praeb. | et
Eleon. uxor ejus 2^^^. | Hie obiit Feb. 7, 1685 aetat. suas 64 . |
Haec [obiit] March 25, 1716 ajtat. suae 9 . . .
Another more to the south also in capitals :
Here | lyeth ye body of Samvel Fviler, j D.D,, | who was
246 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN
installed chancellor | of this cathedral in y® year 1670, | and
afterwards made dean of y® same | in y® year 1695, | and
departed this life | on y« 4th day of March t7 0o» I in y® 65
year of his age. ] Blessed are the dead w'^^ | die in y®
Lord.
Still more to the south in capitals :
Sacr: mem: | Abrahami Campion, S.T.P., | decani hujus
ecclesise qui | obiit xxi die Nov. | 1701.
Another more to the east also in capitals :
Here lyeih the body of | Daniel Brevint, D.D., late | dean
of the cathederal | church of Lincoln who | departed this
life May the | 5th, anno dom. 1695, | aged 79. | I have waited
for thy sal | vation 0 Lord. Gen. 49th, v. 18th. 1 Here is
y^ body of j Anne Brevint the widow of | Dr Brevint, late
Dean of | Lincoln, | who departed out of this life | Nov. 8th,
1708, in y^ | 79th year of her age.
On another in capitals but much rubbed :
Here lyeth the body of Mris | Elizabeth Paulson the deare |
sister of William lord bishop | of Lincolne. Shee lived
be I loved 62 yeares and died | lamented October 12, 1673.
Below are some verses, but now nearly illegible.
A flat stone on the floor of St Katharine's chapel (D) :
Here lyeth the body of | Joseph Nicolson, chancellor | of
this church, eldest son to ] Dr William Nicolson L^ A.Bp | of
Cashel in Ireland, who | dyed Sep. 9, anno Dom. | 1728, aged
39 years.
On the table monument of bishop Hugh in the Ladye chapel on a
black marble slab in capitals :
Texerat hos cineres aurum | non marmora, prseda | altera
sacrilegis | ni metuenda foret | quod fuit argenti, nunc |
marmoris esse dolemus : | degeneri aetati | convenit iste lapis, |
ingenium pietatis hoc est | frugalis, Hvgonis | qui condit
tumulum, I condit et ipse suum.
On a black marble slab over an altar tomb to the south of the last
mentioned in capitals :
D.O.M.S. I sub hoc marmore m deposito est | qvod reliqvum
Gvilielmi Fuller | qvi ex ultima Hibemia | ad hunc translatus
prsesulatum, | anno hvius sseculi christiani | sexagesimo
septimo. | episcoporum sexagesimus septimus : | anno etiam
setatis svae sexagesimo septimo, | mortem obijt vita sva
lenissima | (si fieri possit) leniorem, | 9 cal. Mai 1675, | sedulus
tam in cathedra qvam curia episcopus | mortis diu ante
mortem adeo studiosus | vt cum monumentorum (qvse
episcopis | ecclesise hvius fundatoribus | prisca pientissime
posvisset setas, | nostra turpius dirvisset) | svmptibus svis
«
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THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN 247
non modicis, | alia instaurasset | alia mox meditaretur
instauranda, | fato importuno cesserit. | Abi, viator, imitare
quern seqveris.
In the chapel to the east of the north transept of the choir is a
handsome monument of white marble, flanked by two Corinthian
pillars of black marble, and surmounted by an urn ; it bears the
following inscription :
Michael Honywood, S.T.P., | celeberrimse illius Matronse |
Marise Honywood, /xa/c/aa/wi/o? kqi TroXvTtKvov \ e nepotibus,
post nullum memorandus, | Hie juxta situs est, | collegii
Christi apud Cantabrigienses olim | alumnus, & socius ; |
pietatis, pacis, literarum studiosissimus | quibus vt vacaret [
patriam, perduellium conjuratione perturbatam, fugit | xvii
postannos, in tranquillam, Carolo ii° reduce, rediit ; j deinceps
collegio huic Lincolniensi | decanus annos xxi prsefuit | Vir
prisca simplicitate, | morum suavitate, | liberali munificentia,
insignis, | qua | quidem vnica | monumentum sibi cum literis
duraturum posuit ; | vtpote qui claustri hujus ecclesise dilapso
in latere, | extructa prius, j sumptibus suis non exiguis, |
bibliotheca, | eam postea, libris, nee paucis nee vulgaribus,
locupletaverit | tandem, spe vitae immortalis, | morti, Hony-
vodios lento pede insequenti | lubenter se obtulit, | die vn
mensis Septembris | Anno setat. suae Lxxxv [Anno] Sal.
Humanse mdclxxxi.
A flat blue stone at the west end of the nave, north of the doors ;
arms over — A cross engrailed, and over all a bend . . .
[TrimneU] :
Sacred to the memory of | the Rev"^ David Trimnell, S.T.P., |
rector of Stoke in Bucks 48 years, | praebendary of Caistor
6 years, | archdeacon of Leicester 41 years, | and precentor
of this church, and | prsebendary of Kildesby 38 years, |
who died May 18th, 1756, aged 81 years.
Another to the east, arms over — . . , a chevron checquy . . . ,
and . . . between three crosslets fiche . . . [Reynolds] ; impaling
— . . . , a lion passant . . . , in a bordure [blank] of mullets
[Cooper] :
Elizabeth | wife of Charles Reynolds, D.D., | May 4, 1740, |
also the remains of the | Rev^ Anthony Rejaiolds, B.D., j
rector of Waldegrave with Hannington | in the comity of
Northampton. | and prsebendary of Welton Rivall | in this
Cathedral, | he died December 1, 1809, aged 78 years.
Another on the south side of the door ; anns — RejTiolds ; impaling
— . . . , a fesse . . . , in chief a lion issuant . . . [Markham] ;
in base — A saltier engrailed . . . , charged with four annulets [for
Leake] :
Charles Reynolds, D.D., | chancellor of this church | died
248 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF LINCOLN
5*1 Oct. 1766, set. 64. j Frances Reynolds | relict of Charles
Reynolds, D.D., | ob* 25 Apr. 1768, | set. 70.
Another more to the south ; arms over — Reynolds ; impaling —
. . . , a fret . . . , on a chief three covered cups . . . :
Anna Catherina | wife of Charles Reynolds, D.D., | deceased
Sep. 9, 1751.
A flat stone in the chapel used for morning service ; arms over —
. . . , on a bend .... between two fleur de liz . . . , a lion
rampant . . . , a mullet for difference [Lany] ; in capitals :
Hie iacet eximivs j vir Thomas Lany | S. Theol. Bac, |
ecclesise hvivs | cath : prsecentor, | qvi obiit 2° die Oct. | A^
dom. MDCLXIX.
[See also L.R.S. i, 60-67 ; Jeans, 39-40 ; Peck, Desiderata
Curiosa, pp. 294-323 ; Gentleman's Magazine, 1807, part ii,
910-11 ; 1822, part ii, 209-11.]
(MS. iii, 61-108.)
g)t iWartin'si, Hincoln
Notes taken in the church [now demolished], 7 August, 1833 —
A handsome monument of grey and white marble against the north
wall of the chancel ; these arms over — Vert, three flying fish in
pale argent [Garmston] ; impaling — ^Argent, on a fesse between
three grifiins' heads sable as many mullets of the field [Cliff e].
Crest — A shark's head argent vorant a negro proper. Inscription
in capitals (D) :
Near this place He | the remains of John Garmston | Esquire
who died on the 5th | of February 1795, aged | 75 years.
At the base :
The body of the Rev^ Francis Harvey, clerk, | and that of
his son John Harvey, gent., deceased, | as well as the remains
of their relative and heir | the late John Garmston, esq., | and
Elizabeth his wife | are deposited in the family vault beneath.
A white marble monument more to the west, arms over — Argent,
two barrulets, and in chief three mullets azure [Medley] ; impaling
— Azure, a fesse wavy argent, in chief three estoiles or [Jenkinson].
Crest — A wolf's head argent (R) :
Reliquise Johannis Medley Armigeri | una cum Martha uxore
dilecta | filia Henrici Jenkinson de Wikam in | comitatu
Lincolniensi Armigeri | haud procul abhinc requiescunt |
Ille vir prudens Justus amicissimus | Ilia omnium virtutum
excellentia | Nitens | Martha festine mortem obiit 18 die
Junii I 1707, Annoque setatis 35° | Johannes lente vestigia
sequens | Serus in caelum rediit I Octavo die Mali 1726 Annoque
iEtatis 72°, I Johannes Medley proles unica | in piam memoriam
hoc caenotaphium | extruxit.
ST MARTIN'S, LINCOLN 249
On a neat marble tablet more to the west, with an urn over, inscribed
with, within a wreath of laurel, the word ' Pyrenees.' Inscription
in capitals (R) :
Erected | by the Officers of the Ql^t Regiment | as a mark
of their esteem | to the memory of | Captain Robert Lowrie
of that Corps, | who died at Vittoria the 3^ October 1813, |
in consequence of a wound received | in action with the
enemy | on the 28th of July preceding, | aged 34 years.
A neat marble tablet against the south wall of the nave at the
east end, with an urn over, and the inscription in capitals (R) :
Sacred to the memory of Mr Thomas Preston, | and of his
sister Mrs Jane Hinde, | the son and daughter of Mr Alderman |
Preston late of this city, | the former of whom died on the |
27 of December 1824, | aged 41 years, | and the latter on the
21 of February 1825, | aged 35 years.
On a white marble against the easternmost pillar of the north
aisle (R) :
M.S. I Gulielmi PownaU Armigeri [ Ex stirpe antiqua in
agro Cestrise orti | cujus ossa simul atque cum illis | Sarse
Pownall ejus uxoris dilectissimse | Necnon Gulielmi Pownall |
Filii sui natu secundi | In ecclesia antiqua sanctse Margaretse j
non procul hinc in eodem tumulo sepulta | nunc inter ruinas
istius ecclesise | Eheu infeliciter destructae | diro fato dis-
sipantur | Gulielmus Pownall senior | obiit xxiii die Februarii J
Anno MDCCXXXiv set. suae xlii | Sara Po^\Tiall uxor et vidua
Gulielmi PownaU | Matrona summo in maritum amore |
summa in Deum pietate praedita | obiit i° die Januarii
MDCCLXii, I set. suae lvii. | Gulielmus Pownall filius |
Gulielmi et Sarse Pownall | natu secundus obiit in mense
Juhi MDCCXXX I set. suse vii | Johannes Pownall Armiger j
filius Gulielmi et Sarse Pownall natu tertius | hoc monu-
mentum hie posuit | Anno mdcclxxxx.
On a black slab in the chapel north of the chancel, now used as
a vestry :
Here lies y® body of Tho. | Main waring of Lincoln, Esq., |
eldest son of | Lt Coll^^ Chas : Mainwaring | of Martinsand
in Cheshire | & of y® Peever family | & of Elizabeth his wife |
an heiress & grandaughter of | S^" Tho. Grantham of | Goltho
in y* county | of Lincoln. | He was an affectionate husband, |
a tender parent, | & a sincere friend. | He was beloved whilst
living I & his death lamented | by all his acquaintance. | He
was bom in 1683, | & died y^ 5*^ of Dec. 1734, | aged 51 years
& 6 months.
On another slab in raised capitals :
Here hes Anne | the wife of Tho. | Mainwaring of | Lincoln,
Esq., j eldest daughter | and coheiress | of John Quuicy | of
250 ST MARTIN'S, LINCOLN
Aslackby | in the same | county, Esq., | who dyed August |
the 9th, Anno Dom. | 1730, aet. 40. | And also | those of
their | children, Anne, | Frances, and | Charles, who | died
young.
Another slab :
Here lyeth the body of | Mary Mainwaring daughter | of
Tho. Mainwaring, Esq., | she died June 10, 1748, | aged 24
years.
On a flat stone in the north aisle with these arms over — ,
a lion rampant [Pownall] ; impaling — a bend
[Scrope] :
Here lyeth the body | of Ehzabeth wife | of W™ Pownall,
gent., I of y® Close of Lincoln & | daughter of Rob. Scrope, |
Esq., of Cockrington in | y^ county of Lincolnshire, | departed
this hfe Sept. 18, | 1717, m y^ 22 year of her | age. | Mary
Pownall sister of Will. Pownall | died Dec"^ 5, 1772, | aged
84 years.
Another slab with these arms engraved over — . . . , a lion ram-
pant [Pownall] ; impahng — . . . , a chevron . . . between three
lions jambs crazed . . . , in chief an eagle displayed .... [Brown].
The first part of the mscription is in raised capitals, but the latter
not :
Here lyeth the body of | Thomas Pownall, Esq., | who departed
this Hfe I on the 21 day of November | in the 67 year of his
age, I 1706. | Also of Mary his wife | daughter & heiress of |
Richard Brown, Esq., | of Saltfleetby, | who departed this
life I the 19 of Nov. 1756, | aged 91.
On a white marble tablet against the wall of the north aisle sur-
mounted by an urn (D) :
Near this place lie the remains | of the Rev*^ John Mounsey |
late rector of Thoresway | and vicar of Stainton le Vale | in
the county of Lincoln, | who dyed on the 29 day of May | in
the year of our Lord 1806, | aged 81 years.
On a white marble oval tablet more to the west of the last (D) :
Sacred | to the memory | of | Thomas Preston | late one of
the Aldermen | of this City | who died May the 10, | 1810, |
aged 54 years.
On a flat stone before the entrance to the chancel, in parts
rubbed (D) :
Corpus Georgii Cutts | Generosi hie est depositum die Natali
Aprilis 21, 168 . . , [die] Mortali Juhi 4, 1726.
[See also Lines. N. d: Q. xii, 17-19 ; L.R.S. i, 56-58.]
(MS iv, 149-159.
I
LOUTH 251
Houtf)
Notes taken in the church, 16 August, 1833 —
A beautiful altar tomb of white marble on the south side of the
chancel (R), covered with a slab of black marble. On the west
side are the arms — 1st and 4th, Or, a chevron gules between three
crosses pate fiche sable [Bradley] ; 2nd and 3rd, Per chevron or
and gules in chief three leopards' masks, and in base a crescent
counter changed [Chapman]. The crest broken off. On the north
side this inscription :
Here lyeth y^ body of | George Bradley, gent., ] son and
heir of George Bradley late of Louth | in the county of
Lincolne, gent., & Jane his wife | daughter of Tho. Ayscoghe,
gent. He was | bom y^ fourth day of August 1661, & dyed |
y^ 23^ of December, when he was warden of | Louth in y^
year of our Lord, | 1688.
On a black slab in the floor of the south chancel :
Here lieth the body of | John Bolle, Esq., son of | John BoUe,
Esq., of Thorpe | Hall. He departed this Hfe | the 12 day
of March A^ Dom. 1732, aged 79.
Another to the east :
Here lieth y* body of | Margaret Bolle y^ beloved | wife of
John Bolle, Esq. She | departed this life y^ twenty | seventh
day of February | in y^ year of our Lord | 1728, aged 84.
On another to the east :
Here | lies the body of Jane Bradley the widdow | and relict
of George Bradley | late of this town, gentleman, deceased, |
and mother to George Bradley | near lyeing, gentleman,
deceased. | She was one of the daugh^'^ of Thomas | Ayscoghe
of Stallingbrough in this county, | gentleman, | who was
one of the sons of Sir Edward | Ayscoghe of South Kelsey,
knight, I and was baptized the 28 of March | Anno Dom.
1622, I and she departed this life | December the 28, Ainio
Domini | 1715, setatis suae 93 years.
On another to the east :
Here | lies the bodies of Edward | Ayscoghe gent, and
Elizabeth his wife, who departed this | life. She the 3^^ day of
September | 1720, in the 45th year of her age. | He the 17th
day of the same month in the 53 year of his age. | He was
nephew | and heir of Jane Bradley, she | cousin and heiress
of George | Bradley, both near lieing. | He was formerly of
Grays Inn | the Society of London, but late | of tliis Town,
and Warden of the | Corporation.
A monument against the south wall of the chancel, with these arms
over — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or, a chevron gules between three
252 LOUTH
crosses pate fiche sable [Bradley] ; 2nd, Per chevron or and gules,
in chief three leopards' heads, in base a crescent counter-changed
[Chapman] ; 3rd, Sable, on a bend or, between three lions passant
of y® same, three fish vert. Crest — Down the east side
are four shields : 1st, Bradley impaling — Argent five bars gemelles
gules, over all a lion rampant sable [Fairfax] ; 2nd, Bradley —
impaling, Vert, on a chevron, between three stags tripping or
three mullets pierced gules [Robinson] ; 3rd, Argent, on a chevron
vert a crescent or [Locton] ; impaling Bradley ; 4th, Vert, three
standing cups or, in each a boar's head argent [Bolle] ; impaling
Bradley. On the west side are also four shields : 1st, Bradley,
impaling two coats, the dexter — Gules, on a bend argent three bulls'
heads cabossed sable ; the sinister — Per bend indented or and gules
[Feme] ; 2nd, Bradley, a mullet for difference, impaling — A blank
shield ; 3rd, Sable a fesse between three eagles' legs crazed or
[Howson] ; impaling Bradley ; 4th, Vert, on a chevron, between
three stags or, three mullets pierced gules [Robinson] ; impaling
Bradley. The inscription is in gold capitals :
In hac humo cum majoribus (multa annorum serie | spec-
tantissimis incolis Villse de Louth) Christum | moratur
Johannes Bradley armiger Ludse natus | Familia generosa
qui Cantabrigiae literis in hospi | tio Grayensi legibus in Belgia
sub DQo Fran : Vere | (Uno ex primoribus hastiariis) militiae
operam | dedit. Vir moribus sanctiss. fide antiqua can- | dore
suavissimo acumine tam scito quam innocuo. | ^Eque in
publicis ac in privatis negotiis experiens. | Illustris clara
fama ubique sed cum primis | Religione laudabilis quam
Zelo sincere col- | uit Diei Dominicse Cultor Religiosis
scientiss. | Ita moderator animi sui ut nemo homo vixit | qui
vel jurantem vel execrantem unquam | audivisset consortem
sibi adjunxit parem ex eadem | gente Janam Fairfaxiam
Faeminam lectissimam | natu claram virtute clariorem ex
antiqua | Fairfaxiarum prosapia de Waltham in com. Ebor. |
oriundam cum qua feliciter An. 43 complevit | Amore in
se mutuo hospitalitate in omnes Beni- | gna progeniem Isetam
qvot liberos tot omnino | citra unum conjuges reliquerunt
cum se in 43 | libb : et nepotibus expresses vidissent
tempesta- | te inquietissima quiete una vixe- | runt ima fere
vita functi in vita et morte | conjuncti una dormiunt obiit
ille annos | habens 67 ii idus Novem. ilia Lxm 11™° calend. |
Septemb. A^ Domini cioiocxliii. | Bene merentissimse
parentum memorise ponunt | Hoc monumentum filii . Hoc
tantum nomine ut | virtutis et pietatis habeant exemplum
et incitamentum.
On a stone monument against the wall of the south chancel, these
arms below — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, a fesse wavy between
three purses stringed and tasselled sable [for Tathwell] ; 2nd and
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3rd, Azure, three fleur de lis or [Burgh]. Crest — An arm couped
at the elbow, vested azure :
Sacred | to the memory of | Robert Tathwell | son of Burgh
Tathwell of Stow | in the county of Lincoln, gent., | by Ann
daur of Robert Cornwall | of Burford in the county of Salop,
Esq., I v/ho carried on a considerable business in this place |
for above the space of 40 years | with success equal to his
integrity | and in possession of the best of titles | the character
of an honest man, | exchanged the cares of this life | for the
joys of a better | October 11, 1751, | aged 64.
On an old black tablet below (R) ; with arms over — Quarterly,
1st, Gules, a chevron between three herons argent [Heron] ; 2nd,
Argent, semee of crosslets sable, two bendlets of the last [ ] ;
3rd, Argent, a fesse between three boars' heads, couped sable [ ] ;
4th, Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three bugle horns
sable [Walshagh]. On the sinister side is another shield bearing —
Quarterly, 1st, Quarterly per fesse indented argent and gules, in
y^ first quarter a mullet sable [Bretton] ; 2nd, Argent, a chevron
betwpf>n three eagles' claws [for Yermouth] ; 3rd, . . . gules, two
lioi, s passant or [Felton] ; 4th, Ermine, on a chief 5 lozenges [for
Charles] ; 5th, Argent, a fesse between two chevrons sable [Ger-
bridge] ; 6th, as the first. The shield on the dexter side is wanting.
This inscription in capitals below :
Here lieth interred the corps of | Edward Heron Esquire,
servant to | our most gracious Queene Elizabeth, | son to
Thomas Heron brother to | S^ Nicholas Heron, knight, of
y® House | of Edgecombe by Croydon in y^ county | of Surrie,
which Thomas had to | wife Olive Bretton daughter | to
Thomas Bretton of Felmingham | in y^ countie of Norf.,
Esquire, who | after y® death of Thomas Heron | was married
to Sir George Hennage | of Hainton in this county of | Lincoln,
Knight, which Edward, | being son to the said Dame Olyve, |
died in this town of Louth | y® 29 of August Amio Domini j
1596, commending his | bodie to th' earth | & his soul to
th' ever- | lasting joyes in | Heaven.
On a lozenge-shaped black tablet against the east wall of the south
chancel ; these arms above — Or, a chevron between three crosslets
fyche sable [Bradley] ; impaling — Or, three bars voided gules,
over all a lion rampant sable [Fairfax] ; and at bottom these —
A lozenge, quarterly of six, 1st, Three barrulets voided, over all
a lyon rampant [Fairfax] ; 2nd, A chevron between three [griffins']
heads . . [Tilney] ; 3rd, Barry of six gules and or, on a canton
sable a crosslet [Etton] ; 4th, Or, a bend sinister sable ; 5th, Or,
a chevron between three martletts ; 6th, A fesse . . . , in chief a
lyon passant . . . :
Frances Bradlie | daughter of John | Fairfax, Esq., togeather |
^th j^gr husband John Bradhc | somie of Thomas Bradlie,
254 LOUTH
marchant | of y® staple, & her too sonns Thos : Bradlie, | Esq.,
& John Doct^ of Physick lye all in | this place, she living
bountifulie | to y® age of 84, died religiouslie | April y^ xv, |
1608.
Against the east wall of the north chancel a small black marble
monument, flanked by two pillars. These arms are over the
pediment — Azure, two chevrons between three mullets or [for
North] ; impaling — Quarterly azure and gules, on a bend indented
or three [martlets] [for Cracroft]. Crest — A [stork] or, holding in
its beak an axe. This inscription below in capitals :
Here lyes 5^^ body of John | North of Lowth, gent., warden |
of this towne & corporat- | ion, whoe departed this | life the
30 day of March | Anno Domini 1670, | setatis suae [ 61.
On a flat stone in the south chancel with these arms cut under —
Ayscough, impaling — Ermine, a chief dancette, charged with three
[asses'] heads couped [Chaplin]. Crest — An ass's head :
Here lieth the body of | Edw^ Ayscough, Esq., who | departed
this life Oct. y« 20, | 1739, aged 36 years.
Another to the north :
In memory of | Nicholas Wrigglesworth | A member of this
corporation. | He served the office of Warden in | the years
1761, 1768, 1774, 1780, 1786, | 1792, & 1798, & departed
this life the | 19 day of July 1803, aged 78 years. | Also of |
EUzabeth his wife, who was the | eldest daughter of Edward j
Ayscoghe late of this town, Esq^. | She died 3 May 1798, aged
70 years. | Also of Ayscoghe their eldest son who | died 25
day of April 1797, | aged 46 years. | Also of | Nicholas their
2^ son who I died the 14 day of March 1797, | aged 34 years. |
Also of I James their third son who died | in Ireland the
3^ January 1798, | aged 25 years. | Also of four others of their |
children who died in their infancy.
On another stone of the same kind :
Here lies interr'd | John Marshall, Esq., a late | worthy
parishioner of this j town and member of | the corporation,
and of which he | was four times warden. | In the ofifice of
Magistrate | he was assiduous, constant and | just ; in his
private station of life | humane and generous ; in the | pro-
fession of Physick, Surgery, | & Midwifery, for forty five
years, | experience and practice with | success made him
eminent, and to the publick useful, | his memory to be
esteemed and his loss lamented, he | died in the 69 year of
his age, | on the 17 day of April 1759.
Flat stone in the middle chancel :
Here lieth the body of | John Cracroft, Esq., | who departed
this life I the 20th of June 1763, | aged 58. | Also of Sarah
his wife | who departed this life | the 17 of March 1764.
LUDBOROUGH 255
On another more to the south, these arms cut above — . • . , On
a chevron . . . three martlets . . . [Cracroft] ; on an escocheon —
A chevron between three eagles' heads erazed . . . , on a chief
... an eagle displayed [Browne] :
Here lieth the body of | Ann the wife of | Robert Cracroft,
Esq., I who departed this life | the 6th day of July 1738, |
in the 25 year of her age.
On a stone against the south wall of the chancel, the inscription
is nearly now effaced, what remains in capitals at the top :
Ad Magdalenae Yarborghise tumulum conjugis [lachrymse],
and at bottom :
She departed y® 19th of May 1606, | Having w^b hir husband
.... sonnes and . . . daughters, aetat. 37.
The verses have been preserved through Holies MSS, and will be
found in my interleaved Lincolnshire by Weir, p. 264. They are
also in Notitice Lud^e, p. 288.
On a tomb stone in the north side of the chancel :
Mr Charles Beaty died March the 18, 1724, aged 72.
Mr Richard Beaty son of Mr Charles Beaty died Dec"" 1,
1735, aged 38.
[See also Lines, N. & Q. xii, 21-26 ; Notitice Ludce, pp. 288-90 ;
L.R.S. i, 93-95.]
(MS iv, 181-195.)
ILublJorougli
Notes taken in the church, [blank] —
On a flat stone in the chancel :
In memory of the Rev^ | Mr John Mattison rector | of Lud-
burgh who depart^ | this life September y« 14, | A.D. 1758,
aged 71. | In memory also of Martha | his wife who departed |
this life March y^ 13, | 1757, aged 59. | Likewise Rob* his
son I who departed this life | July the 12, A.D. 1731, | aged
4 months. | In memory of the Rev^^ | Mr Richard Mattison,
clerk, I who departed this life j May 5, 1762, aged 29 years.
This is a handsome church ; it consists of a nave and aisles, a
chancel, a tower at the west end, with a modern south porch. The
nave and aisles rest upon three pointed arches on each side, rising
from clustered columns. The arches by which the nave is divided
from the tower and chancel are pointed. The chancel is of Early
English style, and the east window is lancet of two lights. The
roof seems to be in its original state, of very handsome oak. The
windows on its north side are lancet, on the south side Decorated.
The roof of the nave is also open to the timbers, but it has been
lowered. The font is a plain octagon. The tower is a handsome
one of Perpendicular style ; it contains three beUs. On the south
256 LUDBOROUGH
of the altar is a double piscina, one arch being ogee the other round.
There remains the old benching with which all the church is filled
up, and it is kept in very good order. The east end of the south
aisle is used for a school.
[See also Lines. N. d: Q. x, 232.]
(MS vi, 117-118.)
Hutton
Notes taken in the church, 11 August, 1835 —
Outside the church is a monument against the south wall, with
these arms under the inscription — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, . . . ,
a cross flory [for Redhead] ; 2nd, . . . , a bend or ; 3rd, A fesse
or between six fleur de lis :
Near | this place | is interred y^ body | of Gilbert Redhead, |
gent., who dep^. | this hfe the | 17 of Apr^ 1770, | aged 56
years.
On a black stone in the middle aisle with these arms above — Three
bucks' heads cabossed in fesse [Parke] ; impaling — A bull's head
couped affrontee [? for Huste] :
Here lieth the bodies of [ Reuben Parke, Esq., of this parish, |
and of Mary his wife, which said | Mary was one of the
daughters of | James Hoste, Esq., of Sandrmgham in the |
county of Norfolk. They departed { their lives as followeth : |
She departed this life the 7th day of Novem^^ | Anno Dom.
1710, in the 45 year of her age ; | and he departed this life
the 6 day | of September Anno Dom. 1731, | in the 80 year
of his age.
On a black stone parallel to the last with the Parke arms above :
Here lieth interred the | body of Richard Parke gent, who |
departed this life the 25 of Novemb. | in the year of our Lord
God I 1668, I aged 46 years. | Here also lieth the body | of
James Parke Esq. the son | of Reuben Parke Esq. who |
departed tliis life the 18 | day of Novemb^ 1724, | aged 35
years. ||
On a black stone to the east of the last :
Here lyeth interred | the body of Mrs Tabitha Parke | who
departed this life the | 7 of May in the year of our | Lord
God 1668, j aged 67 years.
On a black stone parallel to the last :
Thy busy and inquisitive eye [ Seems to demand what here |
doth lye | If that I must disclose my trust | Tis great lemented
prudent dust | If yet unsatisfyed thou 'It know | And eurg
me further read below. | Here lyeth the body of Mr Rube" |
Parke of Lutton who deceased the | 10 of July 1659, in the
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63 yeare | Of his age. | Hence Quarrell Nature tell she shall |
Repeate her clymactericall.
On a black stone in the north aisle at the west end in itaUcs :
Here lyeth the body of Mr Reuben | Parke Upholster, and
citizen of London | son of Thomas Parke of Lutton, gent.,
and I Ehzabeth his wife, he departed this life | the 31 of
August 1719, aged 62 years. | A just man and one y* feared
God.
In the centre of an old stone in the middle aisle (D) :
Hie jacet Rachel uxor | BevUli Wimberley, Gent., quae |
obiit quarto die Octobris | 1704 | setatis suae anno vicesimo
quinto | Maestus posuit Maritus pietate | charitate et castitate |
uxorem clarissimam.
Round the verge of the same stone in church text (D) :
Maria 7 Agnes quondam uxores Joh'is Chilton, que quidem
Maria obiit ar^no Domini Mcccccnn 7 Agnes obiit A' Dommi
Mvc quarwm awimabws Deus omnipotens
misereatur.
There were two female figures engraved on the stone, but the heads
have been erazed by the inscription to Rachel Wimberley.
In the middle aisle is a black stone, most probably to one of the
Parkes, but almost quite concealed by the pulpit stairs. All that
remains is " Heare lyes Mrs Dorothy
deceas . ."
On an old stone in the south aisle partly hid by a pew :
. . . jacet Tome Harcroft qui obiit xxn die mewsis Octobris
Ano Domini mcccc° xxij. cuius awiwe p>opicietur D^ amen.
This inscription is roimd the verge and the figure of a man in the
centre.
A white marble monument against the south wall of the chancel,
these arms over — . . . . , a pale of lozenges .... [Danyell] ;
crest — A horse's head erazed . . . :
To the memory | of Austine Danyell, gent., | whose body is
here interred | with many of his ancestors & relations | whose
eminent virtues he inherited. | For love to his country and |
constancy in friendship | He exerted with great zeal. | He
was bom 20 Sept. 1693, | and dyed 2^ March 1724. | His
only sister Jane the wife of | Adam Enos. Esq., | caused
this memorial of him | to be erected 1725.
On three lozenge-shaped stones in the chancel, one partly hid by
a pew :
(1) Here | lyeth the | body of Will- | iam the son of | WilHam
and Mary | Danyell, gent., who depart | ed this life August
the 25th | 1698, | in the 39 year of | her [sic] age.
(2) Here | lyeth the | body of Dobson | Danyell the s . . | of
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William Dan . . . . | and Jane his wife | parted
this life April . . , | 1707, in the 9th year . . | his age.
(3) Here | lyeth the | body of | Mathew Danyell | who de-
parted this life I September the 23, Anno Dom. | 1710, | in
the 49 year of | his age.
On another stone similar near y® door partly hid by a pew at the
top :
Mat. Danyell son of | Mat. & Anne | dep. 8 Dec^ 1700, |
aged 20 weeks. Robert his | brother dep. 8ber lo, 1706, | aged
16 weeks.
A fiat stone at the west end of the nave :
In memory of | Samuel Coddington, gent., | who departed
this life I the 5th of February 1774, | aged 64 years, | and
of Etheldr. his wife | who departed this life | the 23^ of
December 1762 | aged 53 years.
On three lozenge-shaped stones to the east of the last, rather
rubbed :
(1) Here | lyeth the body | of Judith the wife | of Adler
Crapley | who departed this life the 4th | day of February
1769, in the [54] j year of her age.
(2) In I memory | of Ann y** wife of | Adier Crapley who
dep^ I this life January y* 27, 1746, | aged 31 years, | also
Eliz. their daughter died | Sept. y^ 23, 1747, in her | infancy.
(3) Here | lieth interred | the body of | Adler Crapley | who
departed this life | April the 24, 1774, | in the [64 ?] year
of his age.
A lozenge-shaped stone under the pulpit (D) :
Here | lieth the body | of William Coxon, | gent., from the
parish | of Caythorpe in this County. | He was nephew and
heir unto Mr | John Robinson, gent., of Fulbeck in | the said
county, and departed this | life at his habitation in this
parish j on the 11 day of Aug* 1726, | in the 18 year of his age.
A flat stone in the north aisle in capitals (D) :
Here lieth | Joseph and John | y® sonnes of WiUiam | and
Jane Nicholas, | they died infants | Anno 1661 & 1665.
This church is built partly of brick, but old. It consists of a
nave divided from each aisle by four pointed arches with plain
columns, a chancel, with a plain tower and spire at the west end ;
the steps of the rood loft still remain on the north side of the arch
entering the chancel. The pulpit is of very handsome old oak,
said to have been presented by the celebrated Dr Busby. The
font is octagonal on a plain basement of two divisions parted by
rosettes. It has a large oak cover. There are many remains of
old pewing about the church.
[See also Lines. N . d; Q. xi, 90-93. Churches of Holland. '^
(MS viii, 29-38.)
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iWafaletfjorpe
Notes taken in the church, August 18, 1835 —
In the centre of the chancel floor a figure of a female in brass (R),
with this inscription under, in church text, also on brass :
Here lieth Elisabeth dowghter of George Fitzwilliam of |
Malberthorp, Esquier, wich George maried Elizabeth dowghter j
of S^ Thomas Bameston of great Coot", knight, the said
Elisabeth | the younger decessed the nj day of May the
yere of o"" Lord God | m^ ccccco xxn On whose soule Jh'u
have mercy, Amen.
On a stone (R) in the middle aisle, which has had shields at the
comers, but now all gone, this inscription in brass in church
text :
Hie jacet Thomas Fitzwilliam Armiger | qui obiit primo die
Novemb' Anno d'ni m^ | cccco ui° cuius anime propicietwr
Deus Amen.
North of the altar in the north wall is an altar tomb of stone with
a canopied recess, in which have been figures of brass, labels,
inscriptions and shields, all now gone ; in fact the monument itseK
till lately has been so obscured with whitewash, two inches thick,
that the beauty of the carving and freshness of the stone is quite
destroyed. Over it hangs a fragment of an old helmet which has
also suffered from the mania for whitewash, being deeply cased
therewith. In the tomb, when it was cleaned, were found several
bones and a skull with six teeth yet remaining.
Below is a large flat stone having a brass with this inscription in
old letters :
Here lieth George Fitzwilliam, knight, son of Thomas Fitz-
william I of Malberthorpe, knight, wiche George dyed y®
XIX t^ day of y* moneth of | September in 3^ yere of owr Lorde
God a. M ccccc xxxvi, on whos sowle | Jhesu have mercy,
Amen.
There have been two shields above the inscription and one
below.
On a flat stone in the nave (R), a brass plate with this in old
character :
Hie jacet Elizabetha nuper uxor Thome Fitzwilliam | et
filia Joh'is Askt que obiit nono die Junii Anno D'ni |
mocccc nj cuiws amme propicietwr Deus, Amen.
Below are two shields. The dexter one — Quarterly, 1st and 4th,
. . . . , a chevron . . . , within a bordure . . . entoyre of roundles
[for Mablethorpe] ; 2nd and 3rd, Two bars engrailed [Stajiie] ;
impaling — • . . , three barrulets . . . , an annulet for difference
[Aske]. The sinister one (D) bears — Quarterly, 1st, Three barrulets
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an annulet for difference [Aske] ; 2nd and 3rd, . . . , five fusils
in fesse.
This church consists of a nave and aisles divided by four pointed
arches, a chancel, and a low tower at the west end. South of the
altar are three stone stalls.
[See also Lines. N. db Q. x, 233-234 ; Jeans, 43-44.]
(MS vi, 49-50.)
iHarsii) Cfjapel
Notes taken in the church, 17 August, 1833 —
Over the south door is the following inscription cut on the stone :
Orantibus in loco is to Dimitte Domme peccata.
Over the north door of the entrance is cut this in the stone :
Non est hie aliud nisi domus Dei et porta cell.
On the wood of the north door is carved (D) :
Ano D'ni | 1606 Walter Harpham Es.
On a stone at the east end of the north aisle round the edge (R) :
Hie jacet Johanna uxor WylleZmi Cowper sexto die Martii
a. domini mccccviijo cujws unime propicietwr deus amen.
On a partiaOy defaced stone to the west of the last (D) :
Wille^mus Cowper de Sout Stockwith .... qui
obiit Mcccc cu
On another old stone near the last, very much defaced (D) :
acet. Thomas Garbara
On another only the date is decypherable (D) :
" MCCCCVI."
And on another the inscription is thus far legible (D) :
Hie jacet Joh'es Pepyson qui obiit vi die
Against the south wall of the chancel is a small white marble monu-
ment. In two recesses formed by a pillar are the kneeUng figures
of a gentleman in a gown and ruff, and his lady opposite before a
desk ; at her feet a child. The heads of the man and child are
gone. Above are the arms — . . . . , a mullet . . . , in base a
fleur de lis [Harpham] ; at the top is an hour glass. Below the
figures is this inscription in capitals on a black slab :
To the sacred memorie of | Walter Harpham, gent., & Anne
his wife whoe lived & | died in God's feare & favour. He
March the 23, 1607, aged | 60 years. She March the 15, 1617,
aged 76, and had issue j Alice maried to Tho. Phillips, gent :
who by him had | issue Willoughby whoe died childlese, and
Eliz. I married to William Wesled gent : & by him had issue |
7 sones & 3 daughters and by Chr : Broxholme, gent., | her
2^ husband had issue one sone, and died | July the 20, 1628,
aged 33 years.
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On a flat stone in the chancel (R) :
In memory of | Mary the daughter of | John and ]\Iary Loft |
who departed this life | May the 2d, 1794, | aged five
months.
[See also Litics. N. dh Q. xi, 229-230.]
(MS iv, 77-79.)
JWarton
Notes taken in the church of Marton, 15 September, 1835 —
This church consists of a nave and aisles, the north divided by two
round arches and columns having foliated capitals, and the south
by two pointed ones springing from plain octagonal pillars and
capitals. The chancel is divided by a plain Norman arch, and
has had a north aisle now used as a vestry ; it is divided from it
by a Norman arch. The chancel seems to have been lately
modernised. The windows of the rest of the church are perpendicular.
In the churchyard is the shaft of a cross.
A flat stone in the nave :
In memory | of Hall Bellamy who departed | this life January
17, 1799, I aged 53 years. | Also Mary wife of the above | who
died August 8, 1795, | aged 38 years.
A flat stone in the chancel (R) :
In memory of Rob't | Banks who died the 21 | day of August
in the year | of our Lord 1748, aged | 51 years. | To speak
Thy praise let this suffice | Thou wast a loving husband
discreet and wise | Till death did ease thee of thy pain | I
hope in Heaven we shall meet again.
(MS vii, 145-146.)
iflesfj^ingljam
Notes taken in the church, 11 September, 1835 — This church
has been greatly repaired and ornamented by Archdeacon Bayley,
the late rector. It consists of a nave, and aisles which rest on
four pointed arches on each side ; a chancel ; and a pinnacled
tower at y* west end. The east window is perpendicular of three
lights, and is filled with old painted glass taken from other churches.
There are several shields — (1) Gules, four fusils in fesse argent, a
border engrayled or [Nevile] ; (2) the same ; (3) Gules, four
fusils in fesse argent, a label of five azure [Nevile] ; (4) Argent,
two bars gemeUes, and a chief sable, a border engrayled gules.
The remainder of the window is filled up with figures of saints,
and very handsome ; two more shields of the fusils, and some
modern bordermg. The east window of the south aisle has also
painted glass filling it, in which are two shields — (1) Or, a cross
engrayled between four martlets . . . , partly broken ; (2)
Quarterly argent and sable, a cross flory pierced counterchanged.
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The other windows of the chancel have a few pieces in them of
antient and modem glass, as also most of the windows in the church.
The font is modem, octagon, small, with a shaft of the same plan,
and a carved oak cover. It stands in the centre of the chancel.
The pulpit is very handsome, of carved oak made from a clock
case in Lincoln Minster. The reading desk and clerk's desk are
also made from very fine old carved oak stalls from the church of
Althorpe in Axholme. A full description of the painted glass in
the windows, and from whence each piece came, also of the pulpit,
etc., is to be found in the register of the church.
A white marble tablet against the north wall of the chancel :
Sacred | to the memory of | Francis Roadley | son of | Richard
& Mary Roadley | who departed this life | December 12,
1796, I in the 25th year | of his age.
On another near to the last :
Sacred to the memory of | Richard Roadley | who died
March 10*1^, 1812, aged 71 years, | of Mary his wife | who died
January 28*^, 1781, aged 38 years, | of Mary Roadley his sister |
who died January 18*^, 1808, aged 77 years, | And of | Sarah,
Carr, John, and Sarah | children of R. and M. Roadley |
who died in their infancy.
A brass plate against the wall of the south aisle in capitals :
In spe Resurrectionis. | Here lyeth interred the bodies of
Martin Gravyner, | gent: and Effam his wife who lived in
y* Consecrated | estate of matrimonye 36 yeares, and had
issue I eight children, viz. 2 sonnes & 6 daughters, which |
Martin died y« 2 of June 1616, and the said Effam y« | 3
of Sept. 1616. I (A crowned skull) Veni uidi uici. | Thus Death
trjoimphs and tells us all must die | Thus we trynmph by
death to Christ to flye | To live to die ; is not to die but live |
To die to bliss is blessed life to give | Aske how they lived
and thov shalt know their ends | They dyed saintes to God ;
to Poore true friends.
A black marble monument to the west of the last :
Sacred to the memory | of the late Rev^ John Ferrand, M.A., |
who was vicar of this parish near 28 years | and died Jan^ 16,
1759, aged 52, | not to mention the several parts of his private |
character which was remarkably amiable and | exemplary,
he was a truly pious and judicious | Divine, an able and
instructive preacher, | faithful and diligent in the discharge
of his I ministerial functions, and being possessed of | an hand-
some ifortune and happy in a good j understanding with a
peculiar sweetness | and evenness of temper, was not only |
extremely liberal to the distress'd, | but also a great promoter
of peace and charity | and very successful in reconciling!
differences | among contending neighbors, | and as he was]
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deservedly beloved so he died | greatlj'^ lamented by all that
knew him. | He married Marj^ daughter of Thomas Hatchett |
of Southwell, Esq., and Mary his wife, | by whom he had j
Grerard Thomas bom 2^ Dec^ 1751, now living. | John bom
2 Sept. 1753, died 11 Oct. 1753, Mary bom 27 July 1755,
I died 10 Aug. 1758, both interred near him.
A marble monument to the west, these arms under — Per fesse
gules and argent, in chief three crosses flory or [Ferrand] :
Near this place | are deposited the remains of | Mrs Mary
Ferrand relict of | the Rev^ John Ferrand | late vicar of
this parish. | Also of Gerrard Thomas Ferrand, Esq., | their
only son. | She died at Cambridge Jan^ 2, 1776, | aged 55 years. |
He died at Bristol July 10, 1779, | aged 27 years. | They
were possessed of all the virtues and | affections which could
possibly adorn the | characters of the parent and son. |
This monument | was erected by Stephen Ferrand, Esq: j
as a testimony of his respect | to the memory of his | sister
and nephew.
A white marble tablet against the east end of the south aisle :
To the memory of | Mr Thomas Raven | who departed this
life I the IStn of May 1800, | in the 49 year | of his age.
A flat stone on the floor of the south aisle :
In memory of | Richard Gravenor | of this parish who died |
December the 23, 1778, | aged 48 years. | Also of Elizabeth
wife of I the above who died at | Edwinstowe in the county |
of Nottingham | May the 26*^, 1815, | aged 82 years.
On a flat stone in the nave :
Sacred | to the memory of | the Rev^ Edward Horden | vicar
of this parish | 26 years | who died 28 April 1811, | aged 56
years.
[See also Jeans, 44.]
(MS vii, 113-119.)
ifWinting
Notes taken in the church, 12 October, 1840 — The church of
Minting is a small old building consistmg of a chancel, nave, and
north aisle, the nave being separated from the aisle by three Saxon
arches with clustered columns. There is a small piece of pamted
glass (D) in the window of the north aisle which appears to bear
a portcullis or, but it is only a fragment. The chancel is divided
off by a carved Gothic screen and before the altar is an old stone
which has had both brass figure and inscription, now gone.
The only monument is against the north wall of the chancel — a
brass oval convex plate with this inscription :
Gulielmus Chapman | Probus doctus lepidus facundus | Hie
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jacet I Pietate fidelitate benignitate modestia | Nulli secundus
Hanc vicariam bis 20 | et octo annos tenuit | Clarus in umbra
Rara in senectute emicuit | Die 14 Aprilis decessit | Anno
aetat. 82, annoque Dom. | 1722.
There is a south porch (R) in the east waU of which is embedded
a well-carved old stone of oblong form with the figure of Christ
on the Cross between two figures. There seems to have been a
brass plate above.
(MS X, 19-20.)
iHorton h^ Pourne
Notes taken in the church, [blank] August, 1831 — This is a large
cross church with a fine tower at the intersection, and a handsome
west window and porch, the other windows are fine. The living
is in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln. The incumbent is the
Rev<i Samuel Edmund Hopkinson.
On a flat stone in the chancel (D) :
Here | lies interred the body of | George Mitchel | eldest
son of I Rob* Mitchel Robinson, | Esq., and Jane his wife |
who died March the 19th, 1789, | aged 17 years. | But there's
a power above us nature | Proclaims thro' all her various
works I Who doth delight in virtue & those | Whom he delights
in must be happy.
On another flat stone more to the north (D) :
Here | lies interred | Jane the wife of Rob* MitcheU Robinson,
Esq., I and one of the two daughters & co-heiresses | of Greorge
Robinson late of the BaU of Lincoln | & of Fiskerton in this
county, I Esq., deceased, who died June y^ 20th, | 1778, |
aged 27 years. | She was Religious, Charitable, PoUte, without
Affectation, Ostentation, Adulation, an affectionate wife | a
tender mother | and a sincere friend.
[See also L.R.S. i, 195.]
(MS i, 61-62.)
ifWouUon
Notes taken in the church, 23 July, 1833 —
A white marble tablet on the north wall of the chancel :
Sacred | to the memory of | Helen Jenkyns | daughter of |
the Rev. Samuel Elsdale, M.A., | (Master of the Free Grammar
school in this parish), | and Catherine his wife. | She died on
the 9th March 1818. | She was a most heavenly minded,
tender hearted child, j ever dutiful to her parents, loving &
beloved. | The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away, \
blessed be the name of the Lord. | Ere grief could blight thy
op'ning bloom | Or sin thy charms destroy | Thy Saviour
called an angel home | To realms of peace and joy.
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On a similar tablet against the wall :
Sacred | to the memory of | the Rev^ Samuel Elsdale M.A. |
late fellow of Lincoln College Oxford, | and master of the free
Grammar School | in this place. | He died the 13 of July
1827, I aged 47 years. | Give alms of thy goods and never
turn thy face from | any poor man and then the face of the
Lord shall not | be turned away from thee. Tobit, chap. 4, |
ver. 7.
On a flat stone before the chancel (D) :
Here lieth the body of Mr Robert | Heath vicar of this place
who I departed this life May the 8th | Anno Dom. 1665, aged
42 years. | Here lyeth the body of Mrs Mary | Heath the
wife of Mr Robert Heath | who departed this life April the 7 |
Anno Dom. 1708, aged 83 years.
On an old stone in the nave before the chancel :
Joannes Harroxw^^ funere dignus | Ampliori hie in Domino |
requiescit 1560 |
On a black marble slab in the nave :
Under this marble was buried | February the 26, 1763, | the
Rev<* John Chapman | master of the Free Grammar school |
in Moulton, aged 67. | On his left hand was buried | June
the 30, 1751, | Elizabeth his wife, | aged 51, | and | on her
left hand was buried | November the 4, 1749, [ Ann their
daughter, | aged 24.
On another :
Edward Hunnings | Dec. 18, 1733, aged 36 years, | and one
infant son. | Elizabeth the daughter of | Robert & EUzabeth |
Butter of Spalding, merchant, | and wife to the above |
Edward Hunnings | and Charles Holland | both of this parish j
Nov. 14, 1780, aged 77 years. | Frances Susanna daughter
of I James & Elizabeth | Sneath of Spalding | and grandaughter
to the above | Edward & Elizabeth | Hunnings, | an infant.
On a black stone in the middle aisle (D) :
In a vault | beneath this stone | lie the remains of | John
Hardy, gent., | bom Feb. 25, 1709, | died Nov. 26, 1792. |
Also on his left side | lies Alice Tatam, she died | Nov. 22,
1788, aged 9 years. | And also John and William [ Tatam
who died infants | his grand children.
Close to the last on a black stone :
Beneath this stone | lie interred the remains of Mrs Anne
Tatam | the widow and relict of Mr William Tatam | and
daughter of | John Hardy, gent., | who departed this life |
the 3 day of February 1807, j aged 57 years.
On a stone in the north aisle :
In a vault | beneath this stone j lieth the remains of | Mr
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Samuel Wood | who departed this life | Feb. 25, 1806, | in
the 63 year of his age. | Also Rebecca his wife | died November
26, 1805, I in the 56 year of her age.
In the north aisle :
Here lyeth 3^ body | of John Cocke son | of John Cocke & j
Elizabeth his wife | who departed | this life February | the
10, 1681, aged | 2 years.
Near the last :
In memory of | Ann the daughter of Mr Joseph | and Ann
Alcock I who departed this life July the 31, | 1770, | an
infant. | Also of Mary their daughter | departed this life
April ye 21, | 1771, | an infant.
On a black stone across the aisles between the doors :
Elizabeth | daughter of Mathew & Martha | Clark 1 died
May the iv, mdccxcv, | aged xx years.
On the next stone to the south :
Mathew Clark | died September 27, 1791, | aged 32, | and
one infant son.
On the next :
Martha the wife of Edward Hunnings | of Boston in this
county, I and daughter of | Mathew and Martha Clark | of
this parish, grazier, | December 11, 1787, aged 23 years.
On the next (D) :
James | son of | Mathew & Martha | Clark | died September 1,
1785, I aged | xv.
On the next :
In memory of | Martha | the relict of | Mathew Clark, gent., |
who died Sept. 29, 1816, | aged 77 years.
On the next (D) :
In memory | of | Mathew Clark | who departed this life | the
6 day of July 1782, | aged 34 years. | Also Sarah his daughter, |
aged 12 years. | Likewise 4 children died infants.
On another flat stone (D) :
Mrs I Mary Elizabeth Anne, | wife of | Mr John Cooley, |
younger daughter of | Mr John and Ann Molson, | died June
20, 1807, I aged 27 years. | Thomas | son of the above | Mr
John and Ann Molson | died June 14, 1807, | aged 21 years.
On a marble monument against the south wall of the nave, at the
entrance to the chancel, with these arms under — Azure, three
bird-bolts in tun argent [BoultonJ : the inscription is in capitals
(D):
Sacred | to the memory of | Alice the daughter of | Henry
and Alice Boulton | late of Stixwould | in the county of
Lincoln, | who was bom Sept. 1, | 1722, | and died Dec*"
6, I 1784.
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On a stone in the south aisle :
Juvenis eximiis animi dotibus | omatus florenti setate ] e
vivis sublatus triste | sui desiderium reliquit | obiit 2 die
Oetobris I Anno ^Etatis 23 | [Anno] Dom. 1723, Edwardus
Staunton A.B.
Tliere is a singular font at the west end of the nave, said to have
been executed by a travelling artizan about fifty or sixty years
back ; it is made of wood, and represents Adam and Eve standing
by the tree of knowledge, the upper branches of which enclose the
basin. Eve is just gathering the apple. On the basin are carved
these three subjects, 1st, the baptism of our Saviour by St John ;
2nd, the dove returning to the ark with the oHve branch ; 3rd, the
baptism by Philip of the Eunuch. The carving (especially of the
last in its carriage and horses) is very grotesque, and is rendered
by painting still more ridiculous. The cover is suspended over,
with the flying figure of an angel which seems to support it.
On a white marble monument at the west end of the south aisle,
with arms over — Azure three bird-bolts or ; crest — A bird-bolt in
tun proper [Boulton]. In capitals :
In the family vault beneath lie the remains of | Henry
Boulton, Esq., | Many years a magistrate for the counties
of I Lincoln and Rutland, | and formerly resident in this
parish. | He died in December 1788. | He married first
Susanna Beridge, widow, | who died in November 1749 ; |
secondly, Sarah | daughter of Theophilus Buckworth, Esq., j
of Spalding ; | she died in January 1754, | both of whom
lie buried here. | He married lastly, Mary daughter of | Darcy
Preston, Esq., of Askham in the county of York. | She died
in February 1779, | and was buried at Uppingham in the
county of Rutland. | Also of Henry Boulton, Esq., eldest
son of 1 the above, who practised some years | at the Chancery
Bar. I He died March 11, 1828, at Greddington House | in the
county of Northampton. He first married Susanna eldest
daughter | and coheiress of Mr Serjeant Forster ; | she died on
the 5th of September 1788, | and was buried at Hampstead |
in the county of Middlesex ; | secondly, Mary daughter of
John Francklin, Esq., | of the county of Bedford ; | she died
September 4th, 1795 ; | thirdly, Harriet daughter of | the
Rev^ Baptist Isaac of the county of Dorset : | she died March
3rd, 1806 ; | fourthly, Mary Winifreda daughter of | Lieutenant
Colonel Durell ; she died April 9, 1808. | These three last lie
buried here. | Lastly he married Emma fourth daughter of |
Thomas Lane, Esq., formerly of | Selsdon in the county of
Surrey who survived him. | This monument was erected by
the surviving widow | and the children of the respective
marriages.
268 MOULTON
On a blue flat stone below on the floor :
In memory of Sarah | wife of Henry Boulton, gent., | (daughter
of Thomas Buckworth of Spalding, | gent., & Elizabeth his
wife). She died | January the 17, 1754, N.S., | in the nine-
teenth year of her age. | Henry son of the above Henry and
Sarah | died May 8, 1754, N.S., | aged 17 weeks.
Another collateral to the last to the north in capitals :
Here lyeth the body of | John Rea, gent., who | departed
this Ufe I October the 29, 1676.
On another more to the north :
Christiana the wife of James | Bolton, gent., (and daughter |
of Edward Numan late of | Folksworth in the county | of
Huntingdon, gent.), departed | this life the tenth day of |
September 1704. | In memory of \ Susannah the wiie of |
Henry Boulton, gent., | (daughter of Robert Butter of | Spald-
ing, merchant, & Eliza- | beth his wife), who died | November
the 10, 1749, | aged 28. | Susanna daughter of | Henry and
Susanna died March lOtli, | 1749, aged 15 months.
On another still more to the north, partly concealed by a chesl :
The interment of Jane the wife | of James Bolton,
junior, gent., | (and daughter of Samuel | Doughty, clerk,
late of Stanground | in the county of Huntingdon), was | the
11th of January 1722. | James & Doughty sons of | James
and Jane here interred | the 18 of January | 1722.
On a brown stone to the east of this range (D) :
Here lyeth the body | of Elizabeth the da- | ughter of James
Bol I ton, gent., and Christiana his wife who departed | this
life ye 29 day of | April 1700.
On a coffin shaped stone more to the east, much rubbed (D) :
Here lyeth the | body of Philip Tallents vicar of | this place
who I departed this life | Dom. 1704, | setatis suae 76.
Another to the north :
Here lyeth y* body of | William Staunton, clerke, | who
departed this life | April y^ 3rd, 1711, | aged 41 years.
On a brass plate in the south aisle in capitals :
Heare lyeth interred the body | of John Cocke whoe departed
this I life March the 8^, 1666, aged 63, | And Thomasin
his wiffe whoe | departed this life November | the P, 1680,
aged 73.
On a marble slab to the east of the last :
Here lyeth the body of John | Cocke late of Moulton son | of
John Cocke and Thomasin | his wife who departed this | lyfe
the 9th day of May 1689, | aged 59. | Here lyeth allso the
bodys of I John and Ann Cocke gran- | children to this John
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Cocke I and son & daughter to | John Cocke of Moulton
and I Ann his wife who departed | this lyfe being infants.
On a black slab to the north of the last (D) :
Here lyeth | the body of John Cocke, gent., | who departed
this life March | the 2^, 1727, aged 66. | Here lyeth the body
of Thomas Cock, | grandson of the above John and |
Ann Cock, who departed this life | the 10th day of September
1731, in I the fifth year of his age.
A hatchment over the Boulton monument, Boulton, impaling —
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Per pale azure and gules, three saltiers
or, over all three crescents argent [for Lane] ; 2nd, Or, a bend
verrey cotised gules [Bowyer] ; 3rd, Gules, a bezant between three
demy lions couped .... [Bennet]. Crest of Boulton. Round the
large shield are four small ones : (1) At the top, Boulton,
with an inescucheon — Argent, a chevron between three bugles,
stringed sable, differenced by a crescent [Forster]. (2) At the
bottom Boulton, with an escucheon — Argent, a lion rampant
guardant or. (3) On the dexter, Boulton, impaling — Quarterly,
1st and 4th, Argent, on a bend sinister between three [Uons'] heads
sable 3 or [Francklin] ; 2nd and 3rd, Sable, three bugles
argent [for Forster]. (4) On the sinister, Boulton, impaling — Sable,
a bend or, on a canton argent a leopard's face proper [Isaac].
Another hatchment against the south wall — Boulton, impaling —
Sable, a bend or, on a canton argent a leopard's face proper
[Isaac].
Another hatchment against a pillar opposite — Boulton, on an
escucheon — Azure, a lion rampant ermines crowned or [Durell].
This is a large and handsome church. The nave and aisles are
supported by six pointed arches springing from massy clustered
columns. There is a screen between the nave and the chancel ;
and the roof of the tower, which is open to the nave by a fine
pointed arch, is handsomel3^ groined. The tower and spire at the
west end are of peculiarly fine proportions and form a most
beautiful object. The windows are very tine. In the rest of the
church they are all despoiled of their tracery.
[See also L.E.S. i, 174-175; Jeans 45; Churches of Holland.]
(MS ii, 117-137.)
Notes taken ui the church, 8 August, 1833 —
On a monument against the north wall of the chancel, with these
arms over — Or, three chevrons sable on each of which five garbs
of the field [for Leightonhouse] (D) :
In this Chancel Heth in- | terred the body of i Walter
Leightonhouse, | Gent., | who departed this life 7 | Jan. 1760,
270 NAVENBY
in the 69 year | of his age ; also near | the same place lieth
interred | the body of Deborah wife | to the said Walter
Leighton- | house who departed this life 30 | Sept. 1758, in
the 80 year of her | age.
On a black stone in the chancel (D) :
In memory of | Susan daughter of | the Rev. Dearing Jones, |
and Hannah his wife | who departed this life | May the 31,
1804.
On a black stone next to the last (D) :
In memory of | the Reverend Dearing Jones | late Rector
of this parish | who departed this life | November the 12,
1803, I In the 84 year of his age. | He might justly be called
a good man.
On a black stone (D) :
To the memory of | Hannah Jones | wife of the Rev. | Dearing
Jones I Rector of this Church | whose amiable disposition j &
prudent behaviour | were acknowledged | by a general respect. |
She died FebJ'y 7, 1784, | in the 69 year of her age. ^1
On a white marble slab in the floor near the last (D) :
In 1 memory of | Lieutenant Dearing Jones | of his Majestys
thirty third | Regiment of Infantry, | only son of | the Rev*^
Dearing Jones | Rector of this Church, | he departed this
life I the 27 day of May 1786, | aged 28 years, | well respected
in his profession. | No youth no strength against the hand
of fate prevail | When Heaven decrees, in all their power
alas how frail. | O fallacem hominum spem fragilemque
fortunam.
On a white marble slab near the last (D) :
To the memory of | the Rev. David Potts, A.M., | Rector
of this Parish | who departed this life | January 21, 1814, |
aged 64 years.
On a stone before the altar rails (D) :
In the memory of | Mary Smith | who departed this | life
March the 23, 1784, | aged 86 years.
There are flat stones at the west end of the south aisle to the
memory of (D) :
Thomas Maples died 13 September 1805, aged 70.
Gervase Maples died Jan. 6, 1775, set. 72.
Frances wife of Gervase Maples died March 24, 1769, aged 61.
Thomas Maples died Octob. 28, 1727, aged 73.
Deborah wife of Thomas Maples died March 22, 1763, aged 89.
On a flat stone in the chancel (D) :
Here lieth the body | of Joseph Thorpe | who departed this
life I October ye 22, 1781, aged 80 years.
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On two flat stones in the chancel rubbed (D) :
Martha the wife of | William Chest who | Feb. y«
28tb day, | 1719, set. 27.
On the other (D) :
Mary Evering | -ham departed | this life Dec. y« 17, 1706, |
aged 78.
The church consists of a nave and aisles resting on three pointed
arches. The chancel is very beautiful ; it opens from the nave
by a fine lofty pointed arch rising from a single column on each
side. It is as large as the body of the church, and has once been
very lofty, but the roof has been lowered. It is of the Decorated
style, and the windows are very fine. The east window is of six
lights, but the head of the tracery has been shut out and filled up
by the lowering of the roof. On the north side of the chancel is
a beautiful arch seemingly over a tomb, but the lower part is blocked
up ; it is cinquefoiled and has over it a crocketted canopy ending
in a very handsome fmial. The canopy springs from crocketed
pinnacles at each side. To the east of this is a beautiful niche in
the wall, below which are three standing figures of men in armour
with shields, the heads broken off. The arch of the niche is ogee
and trefoiled, the canopj^ crocketted ending in a beautiful finial.
At each side is a pinnacle, and between either of them and the
canopy are two female figures. This is like the sepulchre in
Heckington Church, but on a smaller scale, though very beautiful.
In the south wall is a fine piscina, with a crocketted trefoil cut
arch, and over it a canopy crocketted the finial broken off. To
the west of this are three stone stalls formed by trefoiled ogee
arches crocketted with rich finials, and separated by pinnacles.
In the chancel is an old stone said to have been dug up out of a
grave twenty five years ago, having an inscription in Saxon
characters upon it, but illegible.
[See also L.R.S. i, 241.]
(MS iii, 191-197.)
i5ettleljam
Notes taken in the church, 5 August, 1833 —
On a white marble monument against the north wall of the
chancel (R) :
Near this place | are interred the remains of | The Rev^i Robert
Wharton A.M. | chancellor of Lhicoln, archdeacon of Stow |
and rector of Sigglesthorne in Yorkshire, | who | on the 29**^
of January 1808, | (and in the 57 ^^^ year of his age) | was
released | from a long and painful illness | and summoned
into the presence | of that Master | from whom he ever trusted
to receive j as he studied to deserve | the reward | " of a
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good and faithful servant." | Distinguished for his learning, |
revered for his piety, | and beloved for his benevolent | and
amiable disposition | He needs not a monument | to record
his praises | or prolong his memory. | yet in grateful recollec-
tion I of his most tender regard for themselves | and un-
remitting care of their best interests | this humble tribute
of respect | of gratitude and affection | is inscribed by those |
who, whilst they deplore the loss | of a husband and a father, j
shall ever love | to contemplate his virtues | and imitate his
example.
On a flat stone in the nave (D) :
In memory | of | Leonard Sampson | son of Leonard | and
Faith Sampson | who died Nov. the 18th,| 1778, | aged 67
years ; | also | Frances Cropper | his daughter | who died
Nov. 6, I 1789, I aged 48 years. | Here lieth also the body | of
William Cropper | husband of the said | Frances Cropper |
who died May 6, 1795.
On flat stones near the last (D) :
Li memory of ] Leonard Sampson who | departed this life
the 26 I September 1754, aged 79 ; | also Faith Sampson wife
of I Leonard Sampson who | departed this life the 22d day |
of March 1755, aged 81 years.
Here lieth the body of | Frances the wife of | Leonard Samp-
son I who departed this life | April the 7, 1772, | aged 54.
On another flat stone (D) :
In memory | of Elizabeth the wife | of Robert Shulson | who
died . . October | 1774, | aged 64 years ; j also | Jane Fowler
daughter of | the above who died June the | • • , 1780, aged
6 years.
A wooden tablet records the following benefactions :
John Aistroppe by will May 27, 1786, left £50 which was
laid out in 1791 in new pewing and a pulpit.
Elizabeth Ayscough by will proved at Lincoln, 1716, left
40^. for bread for the poor.
John Moss, 9 May, 1723, gave 20s. to the poor.
A monument of white stone agamst the wall of the south aisle,
these arms over — Ermine, a bend wavy, a chief . . . [Nether-
cootes] ; impaling — . . . , on a chevron . . . three roses . . . , a
dexter canton ermine [Rands]. On two small obelisks at the
sides are the words ' Vitse-Morti ' and below the arms the words
" in utranqwe paratus." This inscription in capitals below :
VX. S.C. I Dorothseae Nethercootes ejusq. | animulse candidiss. |
quae ad cselos evolavit 29 Junij 1603, | ob pietatem, castitatem,
modestiam multasq. | suavitates ac gratas gratias | tres
quos tulit optima spe ac specie liberos | Martham, Mariam,
NEWTON IN AVELAND 273
Thomam, | deniq. familiam probe curatam ac sobolem, |
Gualterus Nethercootes conjunx moestissimus, | aetemi desiderii
et amoris ergo | posuit.
On a flat stone in the south aisle in raised capitals, partly hid by
a pew :
Here Ueth the body of | Charles Wolley Gent. | who departed
this life I the 25th of July 1690 | aged 71. | Here also | is
interred his niece | Mrs Justina Nicholson | the pious, charit-
able I and provident wife | of Mr Thomas Nicholson | ald°
of Lincoln : she | died the IGtn of Feb. 1733, | aged 74.
Another to the west, partly hid by a pew, these arms over —
. . . . , three barrulets ... in chief a greyhound courant [Skip-
with]. In raised capitals :
Here lyeth Charles | Skipwith and Eliza | beth Ayscoghe
both I children of W'^^ Skip | -with of Ketsby, esq^. | Charles
dyed No | vember the 26*^1, 1677, | aged 19. Elizabeth | dyed
y« 9th of Decern | ber 1716, aged 62.
A flat stone still more to the west :
To the memory | of | John Straw | late of the city of Lincoln. |
He departed this life | Oct. the 1st, 1782, | aged 64 years. |
Also the remains of George | eldest son of the above | John
Straw I who dyed May 5, 1794, | aged 45 years.
A flat stone at the west end of the nave :
In memory | of | George Spencer | who departed this life |
April the Z<^, 1789, | aged 85 years.
On two other flat stones more to the north :
Here lieth the body | of | Mary the wife | of | George Spencer |
who departed this life | July the 10, 1772, | aged 75 years.
Here lieth the body | of | George the son | of George and
Mary Spencer | who departed this life | (the rest
is defaced).
The church consists of a nave and two aisles supported on three
pointed arches rising from clustered columns with foUated capitals,
a chancel, a south porch, and a tower at the west end. This church
was repaired about eight or nine years since.
[See also L.R.S. i, 112-113.]
(MS iii, 109-116.)
MtMon in ^belanb
Notes taken in the church of Newton, 31 July, 1833 —
On a flat stone (D) :
Mrs Ehzabeth JMichelson | daughter of Will, and Ann | Walter
late of this place | departed this life | the 21 day of February
1783, I aged 93.
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On another stone much rubbed :
Here Heth the body of | WiUiam Walker | departed this
life I Feb. the 2, An . . . . , | aged 75 years.
On another :
Here lies the body | of William Truzzele. | He died | April
. . , 1775, I aged 71 years.
On a black flat stone (D) :
In memory of | William Walker gent, j who died July 17,
1832, I aged 87 years.
On another (D) :
Here lieth | Elizabeth the wife | of W™ Walker | dyed Nov.
14, I 1741, I aged 96.
On another stone rather defaced :
.... John Walker | son of William and . . . . | Walker
died ... I ... 26, 17 .., I aged | 43.
There has been in the north of the chancel a brass, figure and
inscription now gone.
A black marble monument against the south wall of the south
chancel, arms over — ^Argent, on a bend sable three owls of y® first
[Savile] ; impaling — Per pale argent and azure, a chevron between
three chaplets counterchanged [Yerbrough]. This in capitals :
Here lieth interred the | body of Mary Savile daugh | ter of
Robert Yerbrough | of Lincolne, esq., and | 2^ wife of Thomas
Savile | of Newton, esquier. She | departed this life upon
ye j gth Qf March 1637, and to | whose pious and endeared |
memory her husband hath | erected this | monument.
A flat stone in the nave much rubbed (D) :
Here . . . the body | the | wife of ... . Truwell
and j ... of William and j who departed | this life
March the . . , 1768, | aged 81 years.
The church consists of a nave and two aisles resting on three
pointed arches, a chancel, and two aisles, and a tower at the west
end. North of the altar is an ogee arch crocketed with finial and
adorned with the balls in hollow moulding. On the south side is
a piscina of two arches resting on three pillars.
[See also L.R.S. i, 221.]
(MS iii, 21-24.)
jgettjton on ^rent
Notes taken in the church of Newton, 15 September, 1835 —
This is a very mean church, modem, being rebuilt about eighteen
years back, and added to the old tower which has an Early English
west door bearing marks of being once handsome. There are
NORTHORPE 275
three arches of a north aisle still remaining in the wall. These
were taken in and built up at the rebuilding of the church. They
are good equilateral arches with clustered columns. There is a
chancel half of which — the east part — is blocked up for a burial
place for the Stow family. There is no monumental inscription.
On the north wall is this atchievement — Azure, a cross between
four leopards' heads cabossed or [Stow] ; impaling — Gules, a
chevron argent between three heronshaws of the last, a cinquefoyle
for difference sable [? Armstrong]. Crest — A leopard's head
cabossed between a pair of wings endorsed or ; (Stow impaling
Armstrong according to the information of the clergyman).
(MS vii, 149.)
iSortftorpe
Notes taken in the church, 27 August, 1828 —
The following monuments to the Monson family are in the
chancel —
On a brass, measuring 18 inches by 7 inches, let into a stone in
the middle of the chancel, is the following, in capitals :
Here lyeth bvried the body of Anthony | Monson of Northorp
in the covnty of | Lincolne, Esq., fowrth sonne of S^ lohn |
Monson of Sovth Carlton, knight, | who departed this life
the n^^ \ day of November 1648.
Below are the following arms, on a brass measurmg 8| mches by
10 inches — ^Two chevronels, a mullet for difference [Monson].
On a brass plate measuring 8| inches by 17| inches, which is now
fixed into the bottom of the partition of a pew, but before the
repair of the church in 1820 was in the floor of the chancel, a few
feet from where it now is, is the following, in capitals :
Here lyeth y^ body of William Monson | eldest sonne of
lohn Monson of North | orpe in y^ Covnty of Lincohie, esq :
& I of Mary his 2^^ wife davghter to William | Fitz Williams
of Claxby in the said | covnty, esq : who died y^ xxvni of |
Febrvary A^ D'ni mdcxxxviii.
The following is an inscription on a stone, measuring 17| inches
by 3 feet, in the floor of the chancel close to the south wall. Some
of it is written in the centre of the stone, and some round the edge,
in capitals :
Here lyeth | the body of Greorge Mon | son sone of | Anthony
and Francis | Monson who | dyed the 2 of Ian vary 1654 |
setat. mens.
The church of Northorpe was repaired in 1820, and is now a very
neat edifice ; the side door is curiously carved in oak.
[See also Jeans, 45-46.]
(MS Supp., 3-6.)
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i?orton JBi^ntp
Notes taken in the church, 16 August, 1833 —
A brass plate fixed upright in a stone frame between the north
chapel and the chancel. At the top this shield of arms — Quarterly
of six, 1st and 6th, A fess charged with three fleur de lis [Disney] ;
2nd, A fess dancette between three escallops [Dyve] ; 3rd, Three
hons passant in pale [Amundevill] ; 4th, A chief on which two
mullets [ ] ; 5th, billetty a lion rampant ; [impaling —
Per chevron [vert] and ermine, a chevron [or], in chief a pelican
in her piety proper [Joyner] ]. The shield is between two crests —
1st, A lion passant guardant [Disney] ; 2nd, A hind lodged under
a tree, gorged with a ducal coronet and chained [Hussey]. Under-
neath, the haK lengths of a knight, bearded, in armour and helmet,
and his lady, both with their hands clasped, with this on a label
between them, ' Sufferance doth ease.' Behind the man are half
lengths of four sons ; behind the woman of five daughters. The
names are on labels from their mouths, (1) Richard, (2) William,
(3) Thomas, (4) Frances, (1) Ann, (2) Mary, (3) Margaret, (4)
Katerine, (5) Briget. Under the middle figures : ' Will'm Disney,
esquier, and Margaret Joiner.' In the next row under this group
are three shields : (1) the centre one with the above six quarterings
of Disney ; (2) the 2nd on the left — Quarterly of six, 1st, a cross
[Hussey] ; 2nd, Five lozenges in fesse, charged with escallops
[Cheney] ; 3rd, A bend wavy between two bendlets ; 4th, Barry
of six ermine and gules [Hussey] ; 5th, Per pale three chevrons
counterchanged, fimbriated [Say] ; 6th, A chevron between three
garbs, over all on an inescucheon a chevron between three squirrells
[Lovel] ; (3) the third shield on the right is — Quarterly of four,
1st, A fesse between three asses passant [Ayscough] ; 2nd, A saltier,
on a chief three escallops [Tailboys] ; 3rd, Three chevronels in a
border [Chamel] ; 4th, A cross checquy [Cokefield]. Beneath
these shields, in the centre, is a man full faced in armour and helmet,
between his two wives, all with their hands clasped. Behind one
wife, seven sons and five daughters. All the figures are half lengths.
Under the man is ' Richard Disney ' ; under the first wife, ' Nele
daughter of S^ Will'm Husey, knight ' ; under the other ' Janne
daughf of S^ Will'm Ayscough, K[night] '. The names of the
sons which were over their heads have been cut out. Those of the
girls remain, and are in old English, Sara, Ester, Judeth, Judeth,
Susan. Under all this, inscription in old English :
The lyfe, conversation, and seruice of the first abovenamed
Will'm Disney, | and of Richard Disney his sonne, were
comendable amongest ther neig- | hours, trewe and fathefulle
to ther prince and cu7^trey, acceptable to th' al- | mighty
of whomme we trust they are receved to salvation accordinge
to the stedfast fayth | Which they had in him throughe the
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mercy and merit of Christ o^ | Savior. Thes truthes ar
thus sett fyrthe that in all ages God may be thankfully |
glorified for thes and suche lyke his gracius benefites.
[About 1780, this brass was sent up to London to be engraved
for Gough's Sepulchral Monuments, and it was discovered that
there was on the back an inscription in Dutch, referring to the
founding of a chantry in Holland. See Jeans, pp. 48-9, where a
translation of the inscription is given.)
In the north chapel are these other monuments of the Disney
family. On the south side of it, in the easternmost of the two
arches which separate it from the chancel, is an altar tomb on which
is the recumbent figure of a knight armed, whether in plate or
mail is indistinguishable. He wears a conical helmet, and his
throat is covered by a gorget of mail, his hands are clasped
over his breast, and he has a shield on his left arm charged with —
Three lyons passant [Amundevill]. His sword is at his left side,
the lower part broken off. His feet rest on a dog. On each side
of the tomb are three shields, the charges gone. There is no
inscription remaining. [Perhaps Sir William Disney, circa 1340.]
Below this, on a slab raised about two feet from the ground, is a
coffin-shaped stone, on which is sculptured in relief, under a canopy
a female figure, her hands clasped ; the lower part of her is covered
over, and a cross sculptured on it having a long stem ; at the
bottom is a dog. At the top are two shields : (1) Disney, (2) Three
pallets, over all a bend [Langford]. At the bottom is the same.
This inscription round in old Saxon character, partly illegible :
vst la femme Moun' Gillam Disni et la fille Moun' |
Gil . . . . de Langford
To the north of this, on a stone slightly raised from the ground,
is a figure of a woman in a long plaited gown fitting tight to the
neck, and covering her feet, which rest on a lion. She has loose
sleeves, and her hands are clasped. Her head is dressed in a
reticulated cap, and rests on a cushion supported by angels and
a lion. Arms on each side her head — . . . , two bars . . .
[Grey] ; in the middle, on the right Disney, on the left — . . . ,
three pallets, over all a bend [Langiord]. At the bottom, the
same. At the south side is this inscription in church text :
Hie iacet Hantacia filia | Will'i Disni domini de Norton.
To the north of this, against the wall, is a large altar tomb on
which has been a fine brass of a man cross-legged, with sword and
shield, under a canopy, and an inscription round, also in brass,
the whole now gone. [Perhaps Sir William Disney, 1276-1300. J
To the west of this, under a low arch in the north-east wall, is a
female figure in a plaited robe, and a mantle gathered over her in
folds, held by her hands M^hich are clasped over her breast. Her
278 NORTON DISNEY
headdress covers her chin, and her head rests on a pillow, and her
feet on a dog. In the wall above are two shields bearing the arms
of Disney, viz. three lions passant.
The church consists of a nave and north aisle separated by three
pomted arches, the chancel having a north chapel, and a tower at
the west end, a screen between the nave and chancel. The font
is octagonal on a round pedestal and pannelled in quatrefoils and
shields. A hatchment against a pillar of the nave bears — Argent,
a bear rampant sable ; impaling — Vert a lion rampant or, a chief
gules.
[See also L.R.S. i, 245-246 ; Jeans, 47-49.]
(MS xii, 23-26.)
Notes taken in the church of South Ormesby, 17 August, 1835 —
On a very elegant marble monument, with these arms over carved,
but without the colors — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Three quartrefoils,
in chief a boar passant charged with a cross [Massingberd] ; 2nd
and 3rd, Quarterly [or and argent], four lioncels rampant, over all
a cross coupe charged with five escallops [Langton]. Crest — A
lion's head erazed, charged with two arrows in saltier :
To the memory of | Will. Burrell Massingberd | of South
Ormsby, Esquire, | who died the 18*1^ of August 1802, aged
83 years. | Loyal in his public principles, | in his personal
affections | regulated by the purest sentiments | of liberalitj^
honour, and religion, | a strict patron of Justice, | with
manners equally polite and dignified. | He exhibited a proof,
daily alas ! becoming too rare ! | how valuable and respectable,
retir'd and appropriate virtue | can render the character
of a country gentleman. | In the same vault are interred
Anne his wife | daughter of WilHam Dobson of York, Esq.
by Elizabeth fourth daughter of Christopher Tancred of
Whixley in the County of York, Esq. ] She died July 1759,
aged 37. | Catherine their fourth daughter who died an
infant. | Francis Burrell Massingberd, Esq., | his only
brother who died May 6, 1795, aged 72 ; | he was a
respectable Merchant of the City of London, | and eminent
for his integrity and virtue. | Burrell Massingberd, Esq., his
father, | who died in 1728, aged 44. | Philippa, his mother,
eldest daughter of | Francis Mundy of Markeaton in the
county of Derby, Esq. ; | she died in 1762, aged 72. | Sir
Drayner Massingberd, knt, his grandfather, | who died in
1689, aged 73, | was the third son of Thomas Massingberd
of Braytoft 1 in the county of Lincoln, Esq. | EUzabeth,
first wife of Sir Drayner, | and daughter of Abraham Burrell
of Medloe Highfield | in the county of Huntingdon, Esq. |
SOI^TH ORMSBY 279
Amy and Frances who died infants | and were with Burrell
above named S^ DrajTier's children | by Anne second daughter
of Henry Mildmay of Graces | in the county of Essex.
On a flat stone in the floor very near the monument in the south
chapel of the chancel :
Beneath the floor of this vault | are deposited the remains
of I Dame Elizabeth Massingberd buried Dec'" 1677, aged
77 years. | Amy Massingberd buried Jan^ 10, 1683, aged 9
months & 4 days. | Frances Massingberd buried Feb. 19, 1688,
aged 4 months 18 days. | Burrell Massingberd, Esq., buried
Jan. 5, 1728, aged 44 years. | Catharine ]Massingberd buried
May 1, 1757, aged 4 years 6 months. | PhiUppa IVIassingberd
buried May 3, 1762, aged 72 years.
On a black stone partly hid under the stove :
Here lieth the body of | Thomas Taylor late rector | of Authorp
who departed | ... 20 of March | 1710.
On an old stone in the nave, in church text, all that is legible is :
armiger qui obiit vii die m[ensis].
On another old stone to the west of the last, round the verge :
Thomas Hill quo?idam rector ecclesie de Ingolmels |
A'o d'ni mo cccc lxxxxii, cujus anime | propicietur deus
Amen.
On another to the west, all that is legible is :
Mcccc . . . cujus anime propicietur deus.
On the floor of the chancel is a large blue stone on which are the
portraitures in brass of a knight and lady standing under a double
canopy pinnacled ; the knight is armed save the head in plate, his
hands are clasped, and at his feet is a dog. At his left side hangs
his sword, his dagger on his right. The lady is dressed in a long
plaited robe, confined round the waist by a cord and tassells. Her
head is covered by a coif. Over these have been two shields,
that above the knight is gone, and of the lady's the impalement
only remains, which is ... . three barrulets [Constable]. Below
the figures is this inscription in old character :
Orate pro animabws D'ni Will'i Skypwyth militis et Agnetis
vxoris eius qui | infer iacent qui quidem Willi 'us obiit
xxvii die Nov. | Anno D'ni Mill'imo cccc^lxxxoiio quorum
animabus propiciet' [Deus].
Below are the figures of one son and two daughters, the latter in
square head-dress. On one of the steps to the chancel remains
half of the figure in brass (R) of a lady dressed in a gown, -with
long open sleeves, and the flat square head-dress, jewelled at the
edges, her hands are clasped over her breast, and at her feet is a
small dog having a collar ornamented with bells about his neck.
This dog resembles much our present pug dogs in head and nose.
280 SOUTH ORMSBY
A flat stone in the chancel in capitals (R) :
Here lyeth y^ body of Eliza | beth the wife of Thomas |
Taylor rector of Authorpe | and daughter of William | Azlack
late rector of | South Ormesby, she died | August the 11,
1700, I in the 30 year of her age.
On a brown stone to the east of the last (R) :
Mrs Margaret Harris | daughter of | Mr Humphry Harris |
and Philippa his wife | died August xix, mdcclvh, aged
XXXV. I This monumental stone | is inscribed to her memory |
in testimony of her | affection and regard | by her | relation
and friend | PhiHppa Massingberd.
Against the north wall of the chancel, a plain black and white
tablet bearing this inscription in capitals :
In memory of | the Rev. W™ Burrell Massingberd, A.M., | 42
years rector of this parish | who died May 5, 1823, | aged
66 years.
A handsome white marble monument against the south wall of
the chapel, this inscription in capitals :
Harriet Mundy | eldest child of Charles Godfrey Mundy | of
Burton Leicestershire, Esq., | and Harriet his wife, | grand-
daughter of Charles Burrell Massingberd, Esq., | died at
Ormsby, January 17, 1824, in her 17 year. | In her was
strongly marked the triumph of religious principle | over
selfish and worldly feeling, | possessed of all the world admires,
she resigned | its fairest prospects without a murmur, | and
supported by faith in her Redeemer | beheld the approach
of Death with tranquilUty. | Her afflicted parents while they
bitterly lament her loss, | sorrow not as others which have
no hope, | for they trust that the Grace of God will enable
them 1 to follow her example, | so that they may die like
her I and may again be blessed with her society, | never
more to suffer the pangs of separation.
A flat stone in the church is inscribed to the wife of . . . White
who seems to have died aet. 77, but the inscription and date are
entirely illegible.
The church, which stands in a beautiful situation, consists of
a nave and chancel, to which is a south aisle or chapel divided
off by two pointed arches, and a tower at the west end. There
has formerly been a south aisle to the nave separated by two Norman
arches, which still remain in the walls, having round columns.
At the west end is a small gallery containing an organ ; on the
front is inscribed :
This organ | was the gift of | Mary Jane Massingberd | the
wife of Charles Burrell Massingberd, Esq., | to this church
of South Ormesby, | August 12, 1810,
I
OSBOURNBY 281
The font is octagonal, and on each side is the following device in
basso relievo : 1. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Three lucies [Lucy] ; 2nd
and 3rd, A lion rampant [Lovain]. 2. Four plain crosses.
3. I H C. 4. A vase with a flower and the letters A.M. 5. In
God is al godnes. 6. I.H.S. 7. The cross with the crown of
thorns, nails and scourges. 8. S.N. At the foot is very legibly
cut, Orate pro a.nima,h^is Radulphi Bolle uxoris eius qui
fecerunt fieri hoc baptisterium.
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. x, 234 ; L.R.S. i, 82 ; Jeans, 62-3 ;
Massingberd, History of Ormsby, 322-30.]
(MS vi, 51-58.)
Notes taken in the church, [blanU] August, 1831 —
On a flat stone (D) in the chancel with the arms cut above —
Lozengy .... and . . . . , a canton ermine [for Buck] ; im-
paling— A chevron between three lioncels rampant, on a chief
indented three stags' heads [? Skinner] ; on an inescucheon the
arms of Ulster :
H. S. E. I Domina Francisca Buck | GuUelmi Buck de Hanby
Grange | In com. Lincoln | equitis Aurati | coniux | defuit
e vita I setat. 51, | 1711.
On the same stone but on another column (D), with a lozenge of
arms above — Lozengj^ .... and .... [for Buck] :
Francisca Buck | spinster | Gulielmi Buck | de Hanby Grange |
in Com : Lincoln | Equitis aurati | filia | setat. 27.
On a white marble tablet with an urn above against the south
wall of the chancel :
Sir Charles Buck, Bart, of Hanby Grange in the count}^ of
Lincoln, | was bom 31 January 1721, died in London 7th
June 1782 ; he married | April 20, 1758, Mary eldest daughter
and coheiress of George | Cartwright of Ossington in the
county of Nottingham, Esq., by | whom he had no issue.
His widow and sisters Anne widow of Ambrose | Isted, Esq.,
of Ecton in the county of Northampton, and Katherine |
widow of Sir Henry Englefield of White Knights Bart, in the
comity I of Berks, his coheiresses consecrated this marble to the
memory | of their excellent and lamented friend the last of
his name.
On a white stone tablet against a pillar of the nave (R) :
Direct against 1 this place | in the ^liddle Allej' | Ueth the
body of I Jolm Green | who was buried | July y® 19 j 1720
aged 75 | years.
282 OSBOURNBY
On a black and white tablet against the south wall :
In memory of | Robert Bradley | who departed this life |
Feb. 8, 1795, | aged 60 years. | Also Mary the wife of | Robert
Bradley | who depart'^ this life | July 3, 1798, | aged 65 years.
Over this on a hatchment are these arms — Or, a chevron gules
between three crosses patee fichee sable [Bradley].
On a black tablet over the door to the gallery :
In memory | of Robert son of | Rob* & Mary Bradley | who
departed this life | October the 24, 1785, | aged xxv years. |
[Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit. | Memento Mori. Resurgam].
[See also Trollope, Sleaford, p. 424 ; L.R.S. i, 216.]
(MS i, 89-92.)
Notes taken in the church, 9 September, 1835 — This church is
described in the Peck and Stonehouse MSS. It is a nave and
aisles resting on four pointed arches, chancel, and tower at the
west end. The chancel arch which was pointed is blocked up,
the roof lowered. On a hatchment against the north wall of the
chancel — Quarterly, 1st, Gules, a chevron between three lions'
heads erazed argent, crowned or [Pindar] ; 2nd and 3rd, Argent,
a bear seiant proper in a bordure or. Crest — A lion's head as in
3^ arms.
A blue flat stone within the altar rails, these arms cut over — Three
fleur de lis . . . impalmg — A fesse between three martlets . . .
This in capitals :
Henericus Masterman | Armiger | mortalibus | valedixit nono
die I Martii Anno a partu | Virginis | 1674. | Alterius cineres
tacitam dum | Cemis et umam | Vitam mirari desine disce |
(a skull) Mori (crossbones).
A similar one more to the south, arms cut over — A chevron between
three lions' heads erazed, crowned [Pindar]. Crest — A lyon's head
as in arms :
Here lieth the body of | John Pindar, Esq., | who died March
the 5, 1776, | aged 74 years.
Another to the south with the Pindar arms cut above :
Here lyeth interr'd y® body | of John Pinder, gent., who
was I bom July y« 17, 1628, & dyed y*' | 22^ of February 1703,
leaving issue | two sons, Robert & Matthew, | & one daughter
Ehzabeth. j Here also lyeth Anne the wife | of the said John
Pinder, | gent., bom May 1641, obiit | March 18, 1718.
A similar stone in the chancel with these arms — Quarterly, ermine
and argent [Stanhope] ; impaling — A chevron between three bucks
tripping [Robinson] :
Quicquid Darcei Stanhope | Armigeri terrenum fuit, in | terram
(nullo non lugente) | rediit undecimo die Januarii | 1681 : 2. |
OWSTON 283
Hoc marmor in amoris mserorisque ( testimonium Isabella
uxor eius | (dum vixit) charissima, nunc | Eheu viduarum
msestissima | poni curavit. [A skull and crossbones.]
On another next to it :
Under this marble lyeth | interr'd the body of John Stan-
hope, I Esq., of Mellwood-Hall who depart | ed this life October
the 1st day, j Anno Dom'i, 1705, j aetatis suae 29.
On the same stone :
To the memory of the Rev^ | Rob* Pindar of Brumby Wood
Hall I in this county, and formerly FeUow | of Kings CoUage,
Cambridge, | who departed this life on | the 14 of Dec^ in
the year | of our Lord 1795, | aged 55. j Slowly his earthly
frame decayed j His end was long in sight | Nor was his steady
soul afraid | To take its a,vdul flight.
On another next to it :
This stone | was laid down by S. Smith as | a tribute of
her effectionate regard to the | memory of the late Thomas
Pindar, Esq., | of Brumby Wood Hall | in this county, and
late a fellow of | Magdalen Collage in the Univei-sity of
Oxford, I who departed this life on the | eighth day of May
in the | year of our Lord 1813, | aged 78. | Forgive blest shade
the tributary tear [ That mourns thy loss from a world hke
this I Forgive the wish that would have kept y*^ here | And
stayed thy progress to y® realms of Bliss.
On another collateral (D) :
In memory of | the Rev^ Thomas Clarke | forty three years
vicar of | Owston, who died on the | first day of November
1820, I aged 82 years.
A stone more to the west (D) :
Here lies the body | of Mrs Mary Burton widd^ j and reUct
of Mr John | Burton late of Doncaster | in the county of
York, I Alderman and Justice of | Peace, and twice Mayor |
of the Corporation, who | departed this life the 17th | da}^
of October | Anno Domini 1723, | setat. suae 76. | Hue omnes
tendimus | Haec Domus Ultima.
A stone further on in old characters (D) :
Hie iacet Dowmus Ricarc^us Bee | banke quondam vicarius |
istitis ecolesie qui obiit anno do^mni | mcccco lviijo cuiw*
awime propicietwr | deus.
A stone next to it (D) :
Here lyeth | y^ body of Robert | Torksey of Owston who |
departed this life 6 of Decem. | A.D. 1695, aged 58.
An old stone (D) near has had an inscription round in old characters
now gone except :
. . . suam animam Obiit die mens[is].
284 OWSTON
Agaiiist the south wall of the nave is a handsome monument of
stone in the old fashion, in a recess of an ogee arch with a crocketed
canopy, which ends in a finial, flanked by two pinnacles with finials.
In the recess is an altar-shaped stone inscribed in the old
character :
To the memory of | Edward Peart, M.B., | who died Sept.
the X, MDCCcxxrv, | aged Lxvni.
A similar monument, though rather larger, against the wall of the
south aisle, this inscription on the altar-shaped stone (which in
this monument is endways towards you) in capitals :
Sacred | to the memory of | John Littlewood | who died
Sept. 16, I A.D. 1821, | aged 51 years. | Also of | Elizabeth |
his wife | who died March 22<i, | A.D. 1827, | aged 45 years. |
Their remains are | interred in the | south aisle of this |
church.
A black marble tablet with a white slab to the west :
Sacred | to the memory of | Edward Peart | of West Butter-
wick I who died | on the 1st of December 1795, | in the 66
year of his age.
A flat stone on the floor below :
Here rests the remains of Mr | James Littlewood late of
High I Melwood who departed this life | on the 19 day of
November 1797, | aged 61 years. | Here also rests the remains |
of Mrs Anne Littlewood wife of the | above who departed this
life on I the 26 daj^ of April 1797, | aged 60 years.
Near this are stones to James Littlewood died 21 Oct. 1819,
set. 51, and James son of the above and Elizabeth his wife died
19 April 1804, infans.
A flat stone in the nave to Frances wife of Robert Maw of East
Lound, daur. of WiUiam & Sarah Gibson of Haxey, died 5 Jan^
1795, set. 28. Also her infant children Susanna and Anthony
Gibson Maw.
[Stonehouse, Isle of Axholme, pp. 229-32.]
(MS vii, 101-109.)
Notes taken in the church, 11 October, 1840 — This is a small
church of nave and chancel, the bell hanging over the entrance
porch at the west. In the north wall of the chancel is embedded
the statue of a knight in armour ; only half of the body is visible,
and it is much encrusted with white-wash, a small figure of an
angel appears over the right shoulder, and on the shield, which
is only half visible, may be perceived a bend, on the dexter side
of which are two mullets pierced [for Breton] ; the rest is concealed
in the wall (R).
PICKWORTH 285
There are some flat stones to the family of Gace, and one mural
slab, in the south wall of the chancel, to the same ; but none earlier
than the 18th century.
On a flat stone also before the altar is the folloA;ving (D) :
Hie jacent reliquiae | Johannis Holland | Hujusce Ecclesiae
Rectoris. | Pastor fuit plus et sedulus | Conjux amantissimus |
Amicus fidelis | Pauperibus munificus | Obiit 14 Junii | Anno
salutis 1737, | setatis 62.
[See also L.R.S. xix, 51-2.]
(MS X, 9-10.)
Notes taken in the church, 30 July, 1833 —
On a black stone in the chancel floor, with these arms above —
Per pale argent and azure, three lions' jambs in pale barways
counterchanged [for Wilson] :
Sacred | to the memory of | the Rev^ Isaac Wilson, | M.A., |
60 years curate of this parish, | and 55 years vicar of Caister j
in the county of Lincoln, | Died December 29, 1832, ] aged
88 years.
On a black stone in the chancel floor :
Beneath | this stone lie the | remains of | AmeUa wdfe of
the I Rev*^ J. D. Glover, | M.A., rector of Haceby | and
Sapperton, | she died Jan. 19, 1828, | aged 58. | Also of | the
Rev^ J. D. Glover, | M.A., | rector of Haceby | and Sapperton, |
he died March 9, 1832, | aged 61.
Within the altar rails is a flat stone much defaced :
Here lieth the body of | Mr Peter Clark late rector | of Pick-
worth, who [died . . . May 1703].
On a board (D) hung to the screen of the church in old character :
Heare lyeth buryed the bodye | of Thomas Gibson of Pick-
worth, I yeoman, who gave to the poore of | Pickworth
13s. 46/. yearly for ever | out of the house in Grantham |
called Dimsdall the 17 of June | Anno Domino 1622.
On a flat stone in the chancel :
Johannes Owen A.B. rector | obiit August 11™°, 1771, |
setatis suae 73. | Francisca Owen uxor ejus | obiit Mar. 2^°^
1778, I setatis suae 78°.
A flat stone in the south aisle :
Here lieth interred | the body of Anne | daughter of IMr
WilUam Ridley j of Keysb3^ and | wife of Mr John Solomon, |
of Mr John Lord, and | of Mr John Callow, | she was taken
out of this I in the expectation of a better | life on the 20th
of September, | in the 83rd year of her | age, and of our
Lord I 1723.
286 PICKWORTH
The church consists of a nave and chancel, resting on four
pointed arches on round columns, a tower and spire at the west
end. A handsome screen between nave and chancel, and some
old pewing.
[See also L.R.S. i, 208.]
(MS ii, 243-246.)
Notes taken in the church, 17 July, 1833 —
A large standing tomb in the chancel near the north entrance gate,
with these arms sculptured at the east side — On a fesse three crosses
patee between two chevrons, on a canton a lion passant [Walpole].
Crest — An arm holding a spear. Motto— Absit Gloriari nisi in
Cruce Domini. On the west side are these quarterings etc. — 1st
and 4th, A chevron engrailed between three oak leaves [Smithson] ;
2nd and 3rd, A fesse charged with three branches ? between three
squirrels sejant, within a bordure engrailed charged with eight
roundles [Stockwood] ; empaling — On a fesse three crosses patee
between two chevrons, on a canton a lion passant [Walpole]. This
inscription on the south side :
►J^ Maria Edvardi Walpole Equitis aurati et uxoris | Dommse
Catherinae ab antiqua Germynorum patricia | gente de
Rushbrooke in agro Suffolk ortse filia uni | -ca Gulielmi
Smithson M.D. conjux peramabilis [ prole utriusque sexus
spei opt. relicta obiit 19™° Mart. | Amio salutis humanae
1708*0 iEtatis 44*° | Lux perpetua luceat ei Domine cum
Sanctis tuis in setemum quia | plus es.
Inscription on the north side :
►J< Edwardus Walpole unicus prsefatse Mariae Germa | nus
ac uterinus obiit innuptus 14*° Feb'" Anno 1725 to | setatis
60mo I Miserere illius Deus secundum magnam misericor- |diam
tuam et multitudinem miserationum pia- | rum psallat in
internum Amen, odsmpgsmd.
On a handsome monument against the north wall of the chancel,
but the colours of the arms and letters of the inscription now fast
decaying ; with these arms above — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Azure
two bends, in chief three stags' heads cabossed [for Wimberley] ;
2nd and 3rd, Ermine, a fesse nebule sable [for Harwedon] ;
impaling — ^Azure, a fesse nebule between three crescents or [Weld] :
Orta I Gulielmo Welde Generoso Cestrensi | et | Dorothea
Georgij Wright Cant. Equitis filia | uxor | Gulielmo Wimberh
hujus CO. et parochise | SS^^"™^ Innocentium die
chori triumphantis semula | suam sibi nee minoris Innocentise
stolam induta. Primo Puerperio | ad Caelites emigravit
PINCHBECK 287
et I Quicquid habuit terrse | hie totum juxta deposuit | aetatis
anno 25, salutis 1656, | Tarn gloriose resurgat quam pulchre
occubuit.
On a tablet in the lower part of the monument :
Etiam prse memoria Be villi & | Johannis fil. | Thomae Wimberley
Armigeri hinc proxime | in vicina ecclesia Spaldensi inhumati
An". I MDCXLio. Necnon EUzabethee et Francis- | cse uxorum |
filiabus Gulielmo Welbye | prsenobili ordine Balnei Equitis
Eque villa | Gedeniensi | qui hie juxta jacent sub spe |
Christianorum.
There are arms under, now destroyed.
On a flat stone, not far from the above monument, with these
arms — Two bends, in chief three stags' heads cabossed [for
Wimberley] :
Exuvias I Hie deposuit Bevilus Wimberlej'' de Weston |
Armiger | obiit 14 die Maii Ann. aetat. 46, [Arm.] Dom. 1720.
On a stone near the last, very much defaced (D) :
Hvmble modest godly wise | Pitty ever in her eyes [ Piety
ever in her brest | In goodness great in evil least | A loving
wife a mother deare | such was she who now lies here | M.
Frances Deirsley | September 29, | 1665.
On another stone in the chancel (D) :
Here lieth interred the body of | Mr Michael Michell, for
many years the reverend | vicar of this parish, | eminent
for his zeal loyalty | & strict virtue, | who after a life full of
days I and good works | departed at Spalding the 10 | day
of October, j in the 76 year of his age, | Ami. Dom. 1714.
And close by (D) :
Here lieth the body | of Frances the wife | of the Rev'^^ Mr |
Mich. Mitchell who | died at Spalding, | and buried here j
June the 1st, 1702, | Anno setatis 67.
On another stone (D) :
In memory of Thomas Heather, gent., who departed this
life I Feb. the 27, 1773, aged 82 years.
On a small stone (D) :
Christopher | Humfrey, gent., was here | interred in the
year | of our Lord | 1711.
On another (D) :
In memory of | Edward Browne, Esq., | who departed this j
Ufe the 28 day Nov- | ember Anno Dom. | 1724, in the 32
year | of his age.
On another (D) :
John Humfre, | gent., | was here interred | July the 23 day, |
1676. I Also Mary his wife | was here interred in | the year
of our Lord I 1710.
288 PINCHBECK
An altar tomb is in the south aisle at the east end, from the top
of which a brass inscription and two shields have been taken out.
On the north side ten shields :
(1) Argent, a bend sable, a bezant in chief [Pinchbeck].
(2) Pinchbeck, impaling — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Azure,
three bucks trippant in pale or [Grene] ; 2nd and 3rd,
Gules a chevron between three cross-crosslets, a lion passant
in chief or [Mablethorpe] .
(3) Pinchbeck, impaling — ^Argent, a saltire gules, on a chief
of the last three escallops of the field [Talboys].
(4) Pinchbeck, impaling — Sable, a fess between three fleur
de lis argent [Welby].
(5) Pinchbeck, impaling — Gules three chevronels [Bawde].
(6) Pinchbeck, impaling — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Party per
pale, gules and sable, a lion rampant argent [Bellers] ;
2nd and 3rd, Azure, a bend between six mullets argent
[Houbye].
(7) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Grene ; 2nd and 3rd, Mable-
thorpe ; impaling — Quarterly of six, 1st, Argent, a bend
between six martlets gules [Fumival] ; 2nd, Or, fretty
gules [Verdon] ; 3rd, Gules, a saltire argent [Nevile] ;
4th, Azure, a lion rampant within a bordure or [Mont-
gomerj'^] ; 5th, Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure
engrailed or [Talbot] ; 6th, Argent, two lions in pale gules
[Strange].
(8) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Montgomery, Talbot, and Strange ;
2nd and 3rd, Fumival, Verdon, and Nevile.
(9) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Grene ; 2nd and 3rd, Mable-
thorpe ; impaling, Gules, a cross flory argent [Latimer].
(10) Grene, impaUng Bellers.
On the west side four shields :
(11) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, [Bellers] ; 2nd and 3rd,
[Houbye].
(12) [Grene], impaling — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, [Bellers] ;
2nd and 3rd, [Houbye].
(13) Pinchbeck, impaling Talboys.
(14) Pinchbeck.
On the south side eight shields :
(15) A saltire engrailed ; impaUng — 1st and 4th, [Bellers] ;
2nd and 3rd, Barry engrailed argent and sable, a canton
gules [Folvile].
(16) Pinchbeck, impaling — Quarterly, Bellers and Folvile.
(17) Per chevron sable and ermine, in chief two boars' heads,
couped or [Sandford] ; impaling — Quarterly, Bellers and
Folvile.
(18) Pinchbeck, impaling — . . . three cinquefoils or roses.
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(19) Pinchbeck, impaling — Gules, three water-bougets ermine
[Roos].
(20-22) The shields are blank.
A grey pyramidal tablet of stone against the wall :
Near this place rest the remains of | Sarah Prockter relict
of I Mr Richard Prockter. | She departed this life June 8th,
1801, aged 77 years.
On a flat stone at the west end of the south aisle (D) :
Beneath this stone | were deposited the remains | of | John
Skelton, gent., | who departed this life | on the 11th of Jan^
1807, I in the 74 year of his age.
Large black flat stone in the nave, near the west door :
In memory of | George Brabins, gent., who departed | this
life the 3d day of September | 1749, | aged 73 years. 1 Also
in memory of | Alice relict of John Withers | late of Birming-
ham in the county of Warwick, | & niece to the above George
Brabins, | who departed this life June 1st, 1775, | aged 70. |
Also near this place are interr'd the remains | of Jane daughter
of Thomas and | Jane Measure of Pinchbeck & grandaughter |
of the above John & Alice Withers, who | departed this life
the 10th of December 1780, | in the 33d year of her age.
On another more to the east :
In memory of | Jane wife of Thomas Measure | of Pinch-
beck I whose life departed 17th of October 1781, | in the 54
year of her age. | Also in memory of | Thomas Measure | whose
life departed September 19, 1787, | in the 76th year of his
age. I Also | near this place is interred | the remains of | Phoebe
Withers | sister to Jane Measure | whose life departed Z'^ of
April 1801, I in the 70th year of his age.
On another close by :
In memory of | Brabins Measure | son of | Thomas and Jane |
Measure | who departed this | life July 31, 1811, | aged 61
years.
A black flat stone in the chancel, with arms cut — A chevron sable
between three bugle horns stringed . . . Crest — A bugle horn
[for Wayet] :
In a vault beneath lie the remains | of | the Rev<^ Thomas
Heardson Wayet, D.D., | 29 years | vicar of this parish, | who
died the 2d day of June 1821, | aged 67 years.
Upon another much rubbed (D) :
Richardus Pell | filius | Richardi Pell de Dembleby | Armigeri |
hujus Eccl'iae nuper . . . . | | 3d . . . . 1698.
[See also Churches of Holland ; Lines. N. & Q. i, 174-7 ; L.B.S.
i, 175-176; Jeans, 49-52.]
(MS i, 173-183.)
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(©uabring
Notes taken in y® church, 12 September, 1839 — This church,
which stands about a quarter of a mile from the village, is large
and handsome. The general character is Perpendicular. It
consists of a nave and aisles, which are separated by four lofty
perpendicular arches resting on plain shafts, the capitals of which
are embattled with a very curious effect ; a chancel, south porch,
and tower with a spire at the west end. The clerestory windows,
which are eight in number, are lofty and handsome, of the Per-
pendicular style. The nave is of a good height, and there appears
to have been preparation for a stone roof as the springers for the
groining still remain in the walls. Two of these on the south side
terminate in shields, one bearing a rose, y^ other a bend ragule.
The rest are supported by grotesque heads finely carved. The
springers of the timber roof are also carved in like manner, and all
are different, producing a very fine effect. The chancel is parted
from the nave by a pointed arch, partly blocked up, and a screen
of good perpendicular wood -work (D), and on y^ south side is the
entrance to y^ staircase of the ancient rood loft, having a very
beautiful doorway, which is an ogee arch, with a crocketted canopy
and finial flanked by pinnacles, and a range of pannelling which
altogether forms a beautiful specimen of early Perpendicular work.
The chancel windows are small, and in the eastern one is a piece
or two of stained glass. The south aisle windows are Decorated,
the remainder Perpendicular. The arch to the tower is sharply
pointed. The tower itself as well as the spire are Perpendicular.
The font is very handsome of octagonal shape at the top, which
is pannelled with angels holding blank shields. It rests on a tall
shaft of elegant shape which is niched and has had pinnacles now
broken. Round the base is this inscription in old character :
Orate pro amma Roberti Perci qui istum ffontem ffieri ffecit.
At y^ eastern corner of the south aisle is a piscina having a trefoyled
arch of early Decorated character. The parapet of the nave is
embattled, except y^ gable which is pannelled and surmounted by
a wheel cross, all of handsome Perpendicular character, of which
style this church is a good specimen.
On a grey white marble monument against the north wall of y^
chancel, surmounted by these arms — Two lions passant guardant
[for BrowneJ :
Here lyes the body of | Edward Brown, gent., | who dyed
the fifth day of January | 1769, in the sixty sixth year of his
age. I He delighted in being a father to y® fatherless | And
to them who had no friend, | which good offices he always
discharged | with great integrity. | He was a hearty well
wisher to the estabhshment | in Church and State, and shewed
it on all proper occasions. | He built a house I which with
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some land thereto adjoining he settled | for ever for the Master
of the Charity School | of this town to live in. | He died much
lamented by all who | were so happy as to know him, but |
more especially by his most dutiful and | affectionate daughter
who caused this | monument to be erected to his memory.
On a flat stone in the floor of the chapel (D) :
The body of | Edward Brown, gent., | whose monument is
erected | on the north side of the altar | was interred under
this I stone.
At y* top in capitals seemingly older than the inscription below :
As yov are so were we | As we are so yov mvst be.
A brass plate in the easternmost pillar of the north nave, close to
the entrance of the chancel :
Hie jacet | Bristovius Brown | summae puerulus spei octennis |
Parentum summae dum vixit deliciae | Qui obiit tertio nonas
Januarias | awno Christi mdclxxx^j.
At the east end of the north aisle are three vulgar looking stone
tablets ornamented with cherubs and other figures ; in the middle
one (D), which is stuck in the centre of the window, there is the
following inscription :
Here | lyeth y^ body of | John Harryman, gent., | who had
2 wifes and by | them 21 children of wich | number he
left only 7 | alive at his death viz. | Marg* by his first wife, |
Richard, John, Theophilus, | James, Dorothy, Thomas | by
his second. | He dyed | October y^ 2d, | 1706, aetat. suae 74.
On the one to the north :
Here lyeth y® | body of Mrs Mary | Harryman wife | of John |
Harryman, gent., | who departed y^ | life Oct"^ y^ 6th, 1712, |
aged 63 years.
On that to the south (D) :
Near | this place lieth the | body of Richard Harry | man,
gent., interred No- | vember the 16, 1719, | i^tatis suae 48, |
who left Mary his | wife and four children, | Ehzabeth, John,
Greorge, & | Barrot.
On a flat stone near y® north door (D) :
In a vault | near this place | was laid the remains of | Mr
Thos Ducket | who departed this life | on the 22 of May 1822, |
aged 57.
[See also Churches of Holland ; L.R.S. i, 172.]
(MS ix, 191-197.)
©uarrington
Notes taken in the church, 2 August, 1833 —
On a stone let into the north wall of the chancel (D) :
Hie infra situs est | Tho. Appleby A.M. qui | postquam banc
ecclesiam | per annos septem ct tri- | ginta summa cum
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vigilaii- I tia rexerat . mortalitatem | exuit vi id. Martij
Anno I Do. mdclxxxiii aetat. suae.
On a stone against the south wall of the chancel (D) :
Sacred | to the memory of | Samuel Benson | who died April 1,
1799, j aged 72 years. | Also Mary relict of the above | who
died Sept. the 20, 1799, | aged 67 years.
On a stone in the floor (D) :
►J^ Eleanor daughter of | David Edwards, esq., | of Dolgelly,
North Wales, | and wife of the | Rev. Romaine Hervey,
A.M., I died May xix and was | interred in a vault beneath |
this stone the xxx of May | mdcccxv.
In the chancel is a stone (D), on which is very deeply cut and on
a large scale what seems to be a coat of arms — A chevron in chief
two castles.
A black slab let into the north wall of the chancel in capitals (D) :
Consecrated j to the memory of his deare | Father | Thomas
Bouchier borne at Hanborow in the county | of Oxon, a worthy
divine and sometime faith- | full preacher in this church, a
man of singular | integrity and piety (who changing this
fraile | life for eternity) expired Sept. 8, anno aetatis | 67,
et sal. Jesu 1635. The patteme of conjugall love the rare |
Mirror of a father's care | Candid to all his every action pen'd j
The coppy of a frend | His last words best, a glorious e'en
(they say) | Foretells a glorious day. | Erected and composed
with tears | by his pensive sonne, James Bouchier.
An oval marble tablet at the east end of the nave (D) :
On y* south | side of y* middle | alley joyning to y^ | quire
lyeth y^ body of | Samuel Barron who | was interred Decem-
ber I the IS*'^, 1715, ( and in the 65th yeare | of his age.
This church consists of a nave and north aisle, and a modem
chancel, with a tower and spire at the west end,
[See also TroUope, Sleaford, pp. 428-32 ; L.R.S. i, 217.]
(MS iii, 25-28.)
Notes taken in the church of Raithby, 25th August, 1837 —
This is a small church, consistmg only of a nave and chancel, with
a south porch, and a bell turret at y® west end, containmg one
bell. On y^ north side of y*^ nave are three pointed arches bricked,
and the windows have been lately inserted of y® Decorated style.
Between y^ nave and chancel is a Norman arch adorned with the
square headed moulding. The chancel is modem, having been
lately built by the Rev^^. G. A. Chaplin. It is of a semi-circular form ,
having five handsome windows after y* Decorated style. The roof
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is of open timber work. The font is Early English, octagonal,
pannelled with quatrefoyles, on a base of clustered columns. The
church is kept very neat and clean.
In the porch is an old stone which has once had an inscription
round y® edge, but it is now illegible.
On a fiat stone in y® nave :
In memorj'- of | two sisters | whose desire it was to be interred |
by the side of each other. Christease Allenby | third
daughter | of | Hinman Allenby, | gentleman, | and jVIaria
his wife, | who died 18 July ] 1821, | aged 86. Ann | rehct
of the late | Rev^ Arthur | Rockliffe | rector of Roughton j in
this county | who died 11 NoV | 1824, | aged 86.
On another stone, to the west of the last (D) :
Here | lies interred the | body of Mrs | Ann Hudson | wife
of Mr I John Hudson | of Orgarth Hill | who departed | this
life February | the 15th, 1754, aged 49. | Also the | body of
Mr John Hud- | son husband to the | above Ann Hudson |
who departed this | life the 22^ of January | 1771, aged 78
years.
Another more to the west :
In memory | of Frances the wife | of William Hyde | who
departed this Hfe | March the 6th, 1783, | aged 59 years. |
Also of Ann their daugh: | who dyed May the 21, 1782, | aged
20 years.
(MS ix, 127-129.)
Notes taken m the church of Randbj^ 11 October, 1840 — This
church, which stands very prettily on an eminence with a view
towards the adjacent wolds, consists of a tower, nave, and chancel.
The former has been lately built, and is of handsome Gothic. The
nave and chancel have been repaired.
The church contains but one funeral memorial, which is a tablet
against the south wall of the nave, with this inscription :
Sacred to the memorj^ of | Mary Denton | who departed this
life 5th November 1837, | aged 68 years. | She died trusting
in the merits of the | Redeemer. | Also of | Oliver Walesby |
brother of the above named | Mary Denton | who departed
this life 3 of January 1832, | aged 64 years. | This monument
is erected in affectionate | love and regard to their memory
by I Mary Ami Fowler | daughter to the above named | ]\Iary
Denton.
From deeds now in possession of Mr Otter, the incumbent, it
appears that most of the land m this parish belonged to an Edward
Dicconson, Esq., who was attainted for high treason in 1716. He
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was a Lancashire gentleman. The forfeited estate, however, seems
to have been restored, and in 1723 belonged to Roger Dicconson.
Tradition says there were two brothers, one lived at the Hall at
Randby, and another at the Hall at Market Stainton.
[See also L.B.S. i, 134.]
(MS X, 5-6.)
Eanb
Notes taken in the church, 13 August, 1833 —
A stone which has been fixed into the south wall of the chancel,
the inscription in capitals (R) :
God be mercifull to me a siner. I. S. | Condi tur Humfridus
cineris velamine Barlow | sacrato verbi qui paverat ubere
Randos : | Fridswidam ducens, septem virtutibus omnes |
Instituit natos a casta conjuge partos | Anno 16 mense.
Next to it against the south wall is a monument of marble (R).
Above have been two shields now almost obliterated. In the first
shield have been nine quarters, all that now remain at all distin-
guishable are — 1st, Quarterly [azure and argent], with a crescent
for difference [Metham] ; 4th, A lion rampant sable [Stapleton].
In the second shield was also — Quarterly, but now quite effaced.
Under these is the small figure of a lady kneeling at a desk, and
below, this inscription in capitals :
Here lyeth Dame Dorothye Leigh first wife to S^ John | Leigh
of Ingolsby, knight, and after wife to Charles | Metham of
Bullington, Esquire, daughter of Thomas | Flower of Langare
in the county of Nott., gent : and | Katharine his wife, one
of the daughters of George | Chaworth of Linbye in the said
county of Nott., Esquire. | She lived in the feare of God
and dyed in his fayth at | Bullington the 24 day of August
Anno Domini 1613.
A handsome white monument against the east wall of the chancel
(R), but in some measure injured by the injudicious use of white-
wash. At the top is the figure of Time with a scythe and hour
glass ; and beneath, the words ' Pietatis Officium et memoriae '.
Just below are two shields of arms, but the colours, etc., much
effaced. The first — Quarterly of nine, 1st, [Metham] ; 2nd, Gules,
an eagle displayed [? Illey] ; 3rd, On a bend sable [three bezants —
Markenfield] ; 4th, Argent, a Hon rampant sable [Stapleton] ;
5th, Sable, fretty argent [Bellew] ; 6th, A lion rampant [Brus] ;
7th, Barry . . . . , a canton [Lancaster] ; 8th, Four bars gules ;
9th, Paly . . . and gules, a bend . . . . ; Crest — A bull's head
couped. The second shield quarterly of fifteen, almost all effaced ;
what can be discovered is — 3rd, Three lions passant azure [Mar-
mion] ; 6th, Gules, a bend [Rye] ; 9th, Barry of six argent and.
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gules, three crescents sable [Waterton] ; 10th, Argent, six martlets
3, 2 and I sable, a chief [Sparrow] ; 12th, A saltier gules [for
Talboys]. Beneath is a lady kneeling at an altar, with five sons
kneeling before her and three daughters behind. Underneath this
line :
Hi tantum ex 15 liberis supervixerunt.
The inscription below is in capitals :
Hie jacet Anna Metham uxor Caroli Metham de Bullington, |
Armi : filia prima (ex tribus) Roberti Dymoke de Scrielsbie |
Armi : quae obiit vicesimo tertio die Novew. An. Domini
1602. I In cujus sanctissimam memoriam ob vitae integre-
tatem | morumque probitatem Ego Edovardus Dymoke
miles Regius | f rater (ex quinque) primus hos funebres
composui versus.
On a ledge of the monument is this :
Promanans ex vero et conjugali amore Anno domini 1603.
Then follows in two columns these verses :
(1) Anna prius Djonoke Methamo juncta marito | Vixit
. . . per digne nomine stirpe sua | Methami nomen numerosa
prole beavit | Nomen utrumque suis moribus eximiis | sumwe
casta viro natis chara atque propinquis | omnibus et dulcis
religeosa Deo | mundum spemebat vere peccata dolebat |
In Christi meritis gloria spesque fides.
(2) Vita brevis mors cita lucrum super omnia, Christus : |
Lfetatur superum faemina sancta choro. | Ad sororem. | Haec
ego (chara soror) fratemi pignora Amoris | Carmina pro
justis maesta parento tibi | Quern fateor praeter sexum virtu te
preiisti | Mortem (vita impar) aemulor ipse tuam.
On an old stone before the door, just outside the church, in old
character :
.... jacet magist. Wille^mws Mawe cujw5 awime | propitietwr
dews amew.
Against the north wall of the chancel (R) is a very fine monument
of freestone. At the top are three shields of arms, that in the
middle bears — Quarterly, 1st and 4th three crescents
.... a chief ermine [Fulnetby] ; 2nd, , a fesse ....
in chief three roundles .... [Colvile] ; 3rd, . . . . , three towers
triple towered [Towers]. At the east — . . . . , three lions passant
.... crowned [Dymoke]. At the west — Quarterly, 1st and 4th,
. . . . , a raven . . . [Herenden] ; 2nd and 3rd, three escallops
. . . [Strickland]. Below is inscribed :
Apo. 2, ver. 17. Vincenti dabo manna absconditum.
Below are three more shields. On the west — . . . . , a chevron
between three garbs . . a crescent for difference [Sheffield] ; im-
paling Fulnetby. In the middle — . . . . , a tower triple towered . . .
between three covered cups [Amcotts] ; impaling Fulnetby. On
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the east — Per fesse, a fesse dancettee [Phesant] ; impaling
Fulnetby. On the pilaster at the west side are — 1st, Fulnetby,
impaling — On a chief three lions' heads erazed .... Below — A
lion rampant double queued, holding a club surmounted by a
rose ; impaling Fulnetby : the name written over, ' Maister '. On
the east pilaster are two shields — 1st, Fulnetby ; impaling — Barry
of seven argent and gules, charged with eight martlets, 3, 3 and 2 ;
the name over, ' Eland.' Below — Paly of six, . . . and ;
impahng Fulnetby : name, Lauson. In the middle of the monu-
ment are twelve shields, six m a row, with the names over as
follows :
(1) Fulnetby ; over it— Gef. Fulnetby.
(2) Fulnetby, impaling — A lion rampant — S'" I. F. | Braytoft.
(3) Fulnetby, impaling — A fesse, in chief three roundles —
I. F. ColviUe.
(4) Fulnetby, impaling — Per bend, on a fesse indented three
martlets— Sr T. F. Cracroft.
(5) Fulnetby, impaling — A cross engrailed, in 1st quarter a
martlet — W. F. | Mossendjme.
(6) Fulnetby, impaling — A talbot passant — W. F. | Bvrgan.
(7) Fulnetby, impaling — Three bars in chief a greyhound
current collared — I.F. | Skipwith.
(8) Fulnetby, impaling — Three towers triple towered — I. F. |
Towres.
(9) Fulnetby, impaling — An eagle displayed — I. F. | Sothil.
(10) Fulnetby, impaling — Two lions passant, crowned — I. F, |
Dymmoke.
(11) Fulnetby, impaling — On a fesse, between two lions
passant guardant, a fleur de lis . . . between two crescents
— G. F. I Godrick.
(12) Fulnetby, impaling — Ermine, a griffin segreant crowned
— I. F. I Grantham.
Below the arms is the inscription in two columns in capitals :
(1) Here lyeth Sir Vincent Fulnetby, knight, & | his auncesters :
he had two wives, the .1. Jane | the daughter of Walter
Hemeden, Es- | quir. She dyed Ano. 1593. he had by
her I issue .4. daughters the 1. Elyzabeth ma [ -ryed to
Vincent Shefeild of Crox | bie, esquire, the .2. Joan maryed
to I Peter Faesaunt, esquire, one of the | Counsel of Yorke.
The .3. Jane mary | ed to Sir Richard Amcoats of As- | trop.
Knight of the Bathe, 1606.
(2) The .2. wife Margaret the sister of | Sir Edward Dimmoke,
knight, the kings | chmpian [sic]. He had by her issue .5.
chil I dren .2. sonnes and .3. daughters : first | John whoe
dyed about the age of | .7. yeares. A child of good and
rare | vertew and towardnesse. The .2. | Edward Anne and ^m
Briget yet lyving. Wt
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At the west side of this monument is a fragment of a brass (R),
consisting of the bust of a woman in a ruff, her hands clasped,
set upon a man's legs in armour ; and on the east side, a perfect
figure of a woman in a gown with fine worked border, a ruff and
cap, her hands clasped. Below is a shield of arms in brass —
Metham, quarterly of 9, as above (p. 294) ; impaling — Quarterly
of twelve, 1st, Fretty [Willoughby] ; 2nd, A cross sarcelly [Bek] ;
3rd, Three buckles between eight cross crosslets [Roseline] ; 4th,
A cross engrailed [Ufford] ; 5th, Quarterly, 1st and 4th, A lion
rampant [FitzAlan] ; 2nd and 3rd, A fret [Maltravers] ; 6th, A
lion rampant [Welles] ; 7th, A fesse indented between six crosslets
[Engaine] ; 8th, Barry of six, three crescents [Waterton] ; 9th,
A greyhound current between three wolves' heads crazed, a border
engrailed [Heneage] ; 10th, three garbs [Preston]; Uth, Two
bars, a canton [Buckton] ; 12th, A cross flory triple-crossed. There
are two crests : on the dexter side — A bull's head couped [Metham] ;
on the sinister — A man's head crowned [Willoughby].
To the east of this, is a very handsome monument of marble (R) ;
in a recess is the figure of a knight kneeling on a cushion before
an altar, in armour, bareheaded ; his lady is opposite him in a
similar recess, in a long gown. Over him are these arms — A fret,
a mullet for difference [Harrington] ; impaling — Two squirrels
sejant addorsed (Samwell). Over the lady these — A fret and a
mullet [Harrington] ; impaling — A pale between two eagles dis-
played [Woodward]. On a ledge below are the figures of two
sons and three daughters kneeling on cushions. Two of the latter
are broken. Below on a black slab in capitals :
Here lieth y^ body of S'" Sapcote Harington, knt, 2^ sonne
to I S'" James Harington of Ridlingto?i in the county of
Rutland, knt & | baronet. He had 2 wives, y® first Jane
daugh. of S'" Wilham Samwell | of Uptow in y* county of
Northampton, kt, by whom he had 2 sonns | & 3 daugh".
Shee heth intoombed at Milton in y® co. of Northamp. | His
2^ w\ie Jane daugh^" of John Woodward of London, Esq.,
by I whom he had 2 sonnes & 3 daugh^s. Y^ eldest daugh^
lieth here | buried. He lived in y® true fear of God & died
in y« faith of | Christ | y« 8th day of Ap^ Ao D'ni 1630 in
y® 48 year of his age. | Non eiit hoc jactans monimentum
non fuit ille | Quern tenet, hinc rapiat Gloria vana Fugam |
Factorum Pactorum et vitae qualis Honestas | Quales virtutes
haec aliunde pete | Non dabit ista tibi hoc marmor ne forte
superbum | Dum vultus simulat sit sibi dissimile.
To the east of this is a brass plate (R) m the wall, with this inscrip-
tion in capitals :
Here lyeth Willyam Metham of Bolington, Esquier, who
was I the sonn of Robarte Metham, second sonne of S'
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Thomas j Metham of Cave, knight. He had 4 wyves, the
1st was the widdow | of one Good ; the second was Ellen
the daughter of Mr Whytting- | ton & he had by hir issue,
Charles, Susan, and Anne ; the | third Frauncs daughter of
Edmound Lord Shefeild ; the fourth Mary | daughter to
Willyam Lord Willoughby of Parham, and by her | had
issue Catheren and Doritie. Hee dyed the 12 of January |
1590, and the 66 year of his age.
In the east wall of the chancel (R), north of the altar, is a
monument of marble, the figures of a man in a furred gown and
a ruff ; opposite his wife in a gown, ruff, and flat cap, kneeling before
a desk. Over are the arms of Metham, quarterly of nine as above
(p. 294) ; [impaling — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Gules, three
crescents argent, and a chief ermine [Fulnetby] ; 2nd, Or, a fess
gules, in chief three torteaux [Colvile] ; 3rd, Argent, three towers
gules [Towers] ]. Below the figures this inscription on a black
slab in capitals :
Here lyeth Charles Metham of Bulingtow, | Esq., & Elizabeth
his 3d wife, eldest daughter | of S"" Vincent Fulnetbye, knt,
first wife | to Vincent Sheffeild, Esq., a godly, vertuous, |
faithful woman. Shee did dye blessedlye | in y^ Lord at East
Rason y^ first day | of October 1628, in y^ 67 year of her |
age ; he died y® [blank] day of [blank].
This church consists of a nave and chancel, and a tower at the
west end. In a niche in the north wall is placed a figure which
seems once to have been on a tomb. It is of a female, in a long
robe and mantle, and her head dress covers her chin. The hands
are clasped, and the head rests on a pillow supported by angels.
On her breast is a shield but the bearings are effaced.
[See also Lines. N. <Sc Q. xix, 113-22 ; Jeans, 52-53.]
(MS xii, 67-76.)
JHarfeet ^afien
Notes taken in the church of Market Raisin, 29 August, 1828 —
Most of the monuments in the church are modem,
with the exception of a stone on the floor, with the
arms — A cross patty fitchy within an orle of estoiles
[Caldwell]. V.C. 1639. [This stone represents a
child of Lawrence Caldwell of Thorganby ; another
child, named James, was baptized and buried at
Market Rasen, 1640.]
At the east end of the chancel a stone with the arras
on a lozenge — In chief, per pale three boars' heads
erect [Booth], and in base — Two lions passant, crowned [Dymoke] ;
impaling— Paly of six, on a chief a lion passant guardant [Lodington] :
In memory of | Mary Dymoke | widow of Edward Dymoke |
of Wadingworth, Esq. | She was first married to | John Booth
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of I Market Raisin, Esq. who lieth | interrd near this place, |
and was one of the | daughters and coheiresses | of John
Lodington of | Fonaby, Esq. in Lincolnshire, | who died
the 22 of June 1740, | aged 90 years.
[See also L.R.S. i, HI.]
(MS Supp., 13-14.)
Notes taken in the church, 2 September, 1835 —
On a marble tablet in the north chapel (R), now a schoolhouse,
with a bas relief above of a ship, and distant land on which stands
a pagoda :
M.S. I Rogero Carter, viro | Inter ipsas orientis opes et ille-
cebras | intemerato, integro ; | qui re modica in patriara
rediens, | nee majoris appetens, | Castri St'i Georgii prsefec-
turam | postea sibi ultro oblatam recusavit ; | pos. frater
Robertus Carter Thelwall | obiit A.D. mdcclxxihi, set. . . .
On a white marble tablet north of the chancel :
Sacred to the memory of | Charlotte wife of Lord William
Beauclerk, | afterward 8th Duke of St Albans, | she was the
daughter of | the Rev^^ Robert Carter Thelwall and Charlotte
his wife, | and had issue one son by Lord William Beauclerk |
who was baptized on the 11th of May 1794, | and was buried
on the 13th of the same month | She departed this life on the
19th of October 1797 | and was buried in this church. | This
tablet is erected by | William Aubrey de Vere 9th Duke of
St Albans, | as a mark of affectionate respect \ to the memory
of his father's first wife.
On a white marble tablet opposite, surmounted by a ducal
coronet :
Sacred to the memory of | William 8th Duke of St Albans |
who departed this life the 17 July 1825, | aged fifty eight
yeai*s. | Also of Maria Janetta his Duchess | who died 17
January 1822, | aged forty seven years, | leavmg six sons &
six daughters. | This tablet is inscribed j to their beloved
memory by their affectionate son | William Aubrey de Vere
ninth Duke of St Albans.
On a white marble tablet with an urn over, thereon a man planting
a tree between another carrying trees and a third bearing a spade :
M.S. I Gulielmo Carter | Duodecim liberorum patri | Qui
deo animse terrseque colendis operam dedit | pos : fiUus
Robertus Carter Thelwall | necnon Susannse co7?jugi ejus
pientissimse : | Obierunt | Ille A.D. mdccxlhii jet. Lxm |
Ilia A.D. MDCCLii aet
300 REDBOURNE
On the north side of the chancel, set sideways in tlie wall, is a large
black stone having the figure of a knight carved thereon in outhne,
gilded. He is in plate armour with peaked helm and mail gorget.
At his feet is a greyhound, and his head rests on a pillow supported
by two angels ; his sword hangs at his left side in an embroidered
belt ; and at his right is his dagger. The figure is about the natural
size. Below is this inscription in gilded letters of old character
cut into the stone (R) :
Hie jacet dominus Gerardus Sothill miles qui obiit primo
die I Augusti Anno Domini millesiwo cccc v. cuius anime
miserere deus amen.
Above the stone is a stone crocketed canopy of ancient work,
with this shield at the finial — Argent, an eagle displayed sable
[for Sothill].
A white marble monument against the south wall of the chancel,
with these arms cut below — Azure, a talbot passant between three
buckles [for Carter] ; impaling — Nelthorpe. Crest — A lion's head,
gorged with a mural crown. Above is a male figure weeping over
an urn, and this inscription on a black slab in capitals :
Here lyeth the body of Charlotte | daughter of Sir Henry
Nelthorpe Bart : | and next to her (as he hopes) will be
deposited that of | the Rev^^ Robert Carter Thelwall, ni^^ son
of W°^ Carter, | who desires to record on her tomb this farther
memorial | of himself (as his highest Character, Glory, &
Happiness)
the loving
that from the 1st of Jan : mdcclxvii | He was
and beloved husband of the above mention 'd
Charlotte | a woman (according to his judgment) of most
gentle j manners, mild affections, elegant accomplishments, |
refined humour, and sound judgment, joined to | great piety,
benevolence and charity | Heu ! Charlotta Vale ! morum
placidissima conjux. | Mente tibi comitem me superesse
dolet I Pos : R.C.T. | she died vin March mdcclxxx, aged
xxxvrn j He died xvm Oct. mdcclxxxvh, aged lxvii.
Below is inscribed :
He was again made happy in a second | marriage with Hannah
Spooner.
The church was rebuilt about 56 years back at the expence of
Mr Carter, and has been done in good taste. It consists of a nave
with two aisles formed in a circular shape, with two pillars on
each side, octagonal, forming three pointed arches. The chancel
is divided off by a pointed arch. There is a pinnacled tower at
the west end with a porch, which is badly executed, having two
arches to enter by (D). The buttresses of the aisle and chancel
are pinnacled. The east window contains in modem stained glass
the figures of the Apostles. The remainder are in the clerestory
windows, on each side three. There are north and south aisles to
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the chancel entered by ogee arches, crocketed, with a finial. The
southern one is used as a cemetery, and there are niches for coffins.
In the window are figures of Hope and Faith. The northern aisle
is used for a school or vestry. The font is of modem white marble,
handsome of its kind.
On a marble tablet, outside the church, against the south wall of
the chancel (D) :
Sacred | to the memory | of Hannah Carter Thelwall, | widow,
who departed this life | October the 5, 1800, | aged 52 years. |
By nature formed for every social part | Mild were her manners
and sincere her heart | Benevolence in every feature shone |
And virtuous friendship hailed her as her own.
On a similar tablet close by (D) :
In memory of j Jane Spooner widow of | Hungerford Spooner
of St Christophers | who departed this life 27 July 1788 | in
the 61 year of her age. | Reader if gentle and unaffected
manners | Piety benevolence & domestic virtues | Are dear
to thee I Respect her grave.
In the churchyard are these flat stones to the memory of former
vicars :
The Rev^ Mr Josias Morgan Rect^ of Manton & vicar of
Redbourne died 27 Aug* 1737, aet. 58.
The ReV^ Richard Branston vicar of Redbourne 44 years
died 5 Ocf 1781, aet. 71.
Another surrounded by a rail :
The Rev^ Robert Nelthorpe Palmer 26 years vicar of Red-
bourne died 24 NoV 1821, set. 56.
And a tablet against the south wall to :
The Revd Christopher Metcalfe died 20 JanV 1795, aet. 72,
and Catherine his wife died 8 Feb. 1788 | aged 60.
[See also Linos. N. & Q. xi. 110-112.]
(MS viii, 133-139.)
Notes taken in the church, 19th August, 1835 —
On a brass against the south wall (R) :
Sacred to the | memory of William Kingston, gent., | who
departed this life the 1 Sept^ | 1792, aged 60. | At his request
his remains were brought | from Alford, and interred near
the body of | the Rev^ W" Willoughby late vicar of Alford : |
who died the 15 July 1792, aged 45. | With their acquaintance
commenced a sincere | friendship in which by walking together
in I the House of God they were confirmed ; until | translated
through the merits of their Redeemer | to scenes of happier
intercourse.
302 RIGSBY
This church, which is in a pretty situation, commanding a fine
view over the edge of the Wolds and the extent of the Marsh, is a
mean bam-Uke building, having a nave and chancel, and a box of
wood for a bell at the west end. The roof is thatched. In the east
wall north of the altar is a canopied niche in which are placed an
old morion of the time of Charles I, and a short sword or dagger (R).
South of the altar is a piscina. On the floor is an old stone (D)
with a cross cut on it of a long stem, and a head similar to this
[a small sketch of a cross bottonnee or flory]. The font is octagonal
pannelled in arches of the Perpendicular style.
[See also Lines. N. & Q. x, 235.]
(MS vi, 67-68.)
l^ippingale
Notes taken in the church, [blank] August, 1831 — This church
is large and handsome, with a fine tower at the west end. The
living is in the gift of Sir Thomas Heathcote, and the incumbent is
the Revd [William Thomas] Waters.
On the north side of the Communion Table is the effigy of a knight
in mail, completely armed, with his legs crossed, his head resting
upon a helmet, and his feet upon a lion. It is in tolerable preserva-
tion, and the rings of the mail are plamly to be distinguished.
Tradition gives it to one of the Brownlow family (R).
On a flat stone to the south (R) of this last has been a figure in brass
which is now gone.
To the south of the Communion Table (R) is a white marble monu-
ment with pillars and arms above — Argent, an orle of martlets
sable, on an inescucheon azure an escallop [Brownlow] :
Hie reponuntur exuviae | Liberorum honorabihs | Richardi
Brownlowe Baroneti | et Dom. Ehzabethse uxoris ejus |
sciUcet I l°io Elizabethae natae Septembris 6 to | mdclv quae
Martii die Octavo j moriebatur anno praedicto. | 2<^o Mariae
natae 21 Sept. 1656, quae | die Feb. 15^ moriebatur 1659. |
3tio Elizabethae natae 20 Feb. 1657 | quae Decern. 17 moriebatur
1659. I 40 Richardi Brownlowe nati | Octob. 5^ 1664, qui
Oct. 290 I moriebatur anno praedicto. | 5° Ehzabethae natae
28 Feb. 1666, | quae moriebatur Martij 25, 1669, | quae pignora
praedicta Richardi | Brownlowe Baronetti et Heroinae |
Ehzabethae sibi conjugis, j Haec servatures sui | praestolatus
adventum.
On the base :
Epitaph I Here lies a bud soon gone whose beauty might |
Have (had it grown) outshined the splendid hght | Of other
flowers, but we know 'twill spring | And glory to its Gard'ner,
it will bring | Its root has left a cyon, but not lost | The price '
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pay'd for it was of no small cost | The byer shall preserve it
to his gain | Glory 'twill bring him when in bUss 'tshall raigne.
On a white tablet against the north wall of the chancel :
In memory of | Wade Gascoigne, LL.B., | who died 19 May
1801, I aged 68 years, | and of | Anne Davison his wife | who
died 19 July 1792, | aged 58 j'ears. | Also of | Wade Davison
Gascoigne | who died 22 April 1784, | aged 15 years, | and
of John Gascoigne | who died at sea | off Jamaica | in Autumn
1784, I aged 14 years.
In a canopied recess in the south aisle, almost entirely concealed
by pews, is a stone effigy but without any inscription.
On a neat black and white marble tablet in the south aisle :
Sacred | to the memory of | John Quincey, gent., | [late of
DowTi Hall in this parish] | who departed this life | ^Nlarch
8th, 1827, I in the 80th year of | his age.
In part of the south aisle used as a school house there are two altar
tombs with effigies upon them, but so obscured by whitewash as
almost to be indistinguishable, and also the following on a white
marble tablet (D) :
Sacred to the memory of | Richard Quincey, gent., | of
Pointon, | who died on the 18 Oct. 1813, | in the 71^* year
of his age. | The memory of the just is blessed.
[See also L.E.S. i, 193-194.]
(MS i, 67-70.)
feapperton
Notes taken in the church, 30 July, 1833 —
On a stone in the east wall of the chancel (R) :
Near to this place | lies interred the body | of Susanna the wife
of I the Rev^ W" Lodge j and younger daughter of the
Rever*^ Step° Clark | minister of St John's in Beverlej" in
y« comity | of York. She was bom | January the seventh,
1676, I and departed this life | the 27 of March in the | year
of our Lord 1736.
On a similar stone close by :
Near to this place | lies mterred the body | of William Lodge |
late rector of Sapper | ton, he departed this life | y® IS of
Novem. 1737, | aged 69. | By the Bounty of Queen Aim | and
the Patron this livmg was j augmented in 1720, two closes |
laing at Ingoldsby called Worm | sikes and one on the north
side I of the parsonage house | called Church Leays.
On a flat stone which goes under a pew in the nave (R) :
Here lyeth the body | of William Doughtie late of Lmcohies
Imi, gent., | who dyed the 21 ] day of Jul}- 1656, in the 62
yeare of his age.
A handsome black and white marble monument, flanked by two
304 SAPPERTON
Corinthian columns, and in the entablature these arms — Per chevron
sable and argent, three elephants' heads, erazed, counterchanged
[Saunders] ; impaling — Ermine, on a chief sable a crown or,
between two leopards' heads cabossed argent [for Taylor] :
Sacred to the memory | of y® truly religious | and right worthy
person | John Saunders, Esq., | (the dear & only husband
of I Ursula Saunders J his loving wife | formerly deceased) |
who died May 4th, Anno D'ni 1685, j Anno que setatis 70. j
Here lies his body mixed with y^ dust | whose life was holy
humble good and just | Scilicet exemplo tandem hoc ediscite
vivi I Ex hujus vita vivere morte mori.
Over this is a hatchment of the arms of Saunders with crest — An
elephant's head (D).
A white marble monument opposite the last (R) with the arms
of Saunders over :
Near this place | lyeth the body of Ursula Saunders eldest |
daughter of Richard Tayler of Clapham in the county | of
Bedford, Esq., sergeant at law, late wife to John Saun- | ders
of Sapperton, Esq., eldest son of Sir John Saunders | of
Marston in the county of Bedford, knt, who lived toge j ther
most happily eight and forty years and left one son | and
three daughters surviving her | John, Elizabeth, Mary, &
Ursula. I She lived and died a true daughter of the church of
England. | She was | the best of wives, | a most indulgent
mother, | a generous and true friend, | and for her | singular
piety, I exemplary life, | great charity, | did excel most of
her time, whilst living admired and beloved, since | dead missed
and lamented by all that knew her. She depar | ted this
life in full assurance of a better y^ 29th of May | Anno Dom.
MDCLXXxni I [Anno] ^Etatis lxvii.
This church is a very small one ; it consists only of nave and
chancel. The door is on the south side, and there is no orient
window. In a window south of the nave are two coats of arms
in painted glass — (1) Ermine, a chevron gules [? Tuchet] ; (2)
Azure, a fesse daunce between ten billets 4, 3, 2, and 1 or [Deyn-
court]. In the next window is a shield charged with a bend.
[See also LM.8. i, 208.]
(MS ii, 247-251.)
Notes taken in the church of Saucethorpe, 17 August, 1835 —
On a flat black stone in the chancel, with these arms cut above —
Two lions passant, crowned, a mullet for difference [Dymoke] ; on
an escucheon — A fesse between three leopards' heads cabossed
[Payne]. Crest — On a helm, a sword erect :
Charles Dymoke, M.D,, | third son of Charles Dymoke | of
SAUSTHORPE 305
this place, Esq., | departed this life | May y® 12, 1761, | aged
56 years. | He left issue two sons | Needhain and Edward. |
Ehzabeth the widow | of Charles Dymoke, M.D. | who
departed this life | the 10 of September 1772, | aged 56 years.
On a black stone within the Communion rails :
Here lies interr'd | the Hon*'^^ Edward Dymoke, Esq'", |
Champion of England | obiit Sep. y« 12th, 1760, \ in y^ 65
year of his age.
Upon a black stone at the south end of the chancel ; a chest is
over it :
Here lyes interr'd the | body of Elizabeth | Dymoke daughter
of I Charles Dymoke, Esq., | and Mary Dymoke | who departed
this I life July the 22, 1743, | in the 47 year of her age. | She
died in London.
Upon an old stone in the chancel very much rubbed :
Here lies interr'd the | .... of John Dymoke |
Charles | and Mary | departed |
.... mber |
On a blue stone in the chancel partly under a pew with the
arms — Dymoke, impaling — A bend engrailed between two bucks'
heads cabossed [Nedhara]. Crest — On a helm a sword erect :
Here lyes interred the body | of Charles Dymoke, Esq., | who
departed this life | the 29 Jan>' 1724, | aged 61 years. | Here
also lyes interred | the body of Mary Dymoke | the wife of
Charles Dymoke, | Esq., who departed this life | the 25 of
Jan^ 1756, in the | 90 year of her age | In hopes of a blessed
resurrection.
In the Clarke's pew is an old stone, almost entirely obUterated, of
which all that can be decyphered is :
I , gent., I departed this life Novemb'' |
, aged 67 years.
On a hatchment against a pillar of the nave facing south these
arms — Argent, on a cross between four doves gules as many
bezants [Welcome] ; impaling two wives — on the dexter side,
Quarterly, or and gules, a plain cross sable [for Cammock] ; on
the sinister side, Or, a plain cross vert. Crest — On an esquire's
helm a dove rising argent. This inscription below in capitals :
Near unto this place lieth | buried 3^ body of Thomas | Welcom,
Esqr, who departed | ys life y« 23 of May 1670, | .Etatis |
suae 75.
This is a small church ; it consists merely of a nave and north
aisle divided by two low pointed arches, a chancel, and a low tower
at the west end.
[See also Lines. N. <fe Q. x, 235-236 ; L.B.S. i, 83.]
(MS vi, 45-48.)
306 SAXILBY
Notes taken in the church, 16 September, 1835 — This church
has been described by C. Anderson. The old figures are on a tomb
in the north aisle of the chancel, which is divided from it by two
fine pointed arches, but is now separated by an ugly modem deal
partition, and is used as a school. In it stands the font. The
tomb is of blue stone. Between the nave and chancel is a pointed
arch.
On a flat stone within the altar rails :
Sacred | to the memory | of | the Rev^ Thomas Rees | late
vicar of this parish | who died Dec^" the 27, | 1807, ] aged 46
years. | Also | Ann his wife | who died April the 3rd, 1808, |
aged 51 years.
Another stone within the altar rails to :
Christopher Bell died 22 Novem^ 1792, aet. 52.
A flat stone in the chancel to (D) :
EHzabeth wife of WiUiam Metcalfe died 15 March 1832,
aet. 38.
On another stone in the chancel :
S.M. I of I Richard Younghusband [ youngest son of the |
Rev<i Joseph Younghusband | & Mary his wife who died |
April 4, 1812, aged 7 years.
On another collateral :
S.M. I of I WiUiam Younghusband | eldest son of the | Rev<^
Joseph Yoimghusband | & Mary his wife who died | March 21,
1811, I aged 21 years.
(MS vii, 173-175.)
S>coti)orne
Notes taken in the church of Scothem, 5 August, 1833 —
There is not one single monument or inscription in this church,
but there are some atchievements of the Ellison family. An
atchievement on the south wall of the chancel bears — Gules, a
chevron argent between three eagles' heads erazed or [EUison] ;
impaling — Per pale argent and gules, two men's legs armed counter-
changed [Cookson] ; and underneath, ' Non omnis moriar '.
A second atchievement has — ElUson, with an escucheon — Argent,
a fesse embattled erminois, between three crescents sable. Crest
— A griffin's head erazed per fesse argent and or, collared gules ;
and underneath ' Pulvis et umbra sumus '.
Another atchievement against the north wall of the chancel has —
EUison, impaling — Argent, an eagle with two heads displayed
sable, on an escucheon argent a saltier gules [Maxwell]. Crest —
EUison.
SCOTTER 307
A lozenge of arms against the south wall — Ellison, impaling —
Argent, a dexter hand couped at the wrist proper.
The tower of this church is ancient ; the remainder, consisting
of a nave and chancel, is modem, built about 34 years ago. In
the tower is an old stone with a cross cut upon it having a long
stem ornamented with flowers removed from the old chancel.
(MS i, 219-220.)
^cotter
Notes taken in the church, 7 September, 1835 — This church
consists of a nave and north aisle divided by five handsome pointed
arches, springing from clustered columns with fohated capitals, a
chancel, a tower at the west end, and a south porch. The south
door is Norman, but the porch is a modem one and bears the date
1820. The font is octagonal and handsomely pannelled in quatre-
foyles. The roof is open timber and very good. The description
of some of the monuments in this church not here inserted are to
be found in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1806, part ii, p. 749.
On a flat stone in the nave :
Here | Ueth interr'd | the remains of three of the issue | from
the marriage of Chas. Aistroppe, | Esq., and Ann his wife
late of I this place, to wit, Ann and Frances their | daughters,
the former of whome died | in her infancy the 19th of January
1762, I and the latter the 17th of May 1768, aged | 3 years.
Also of Thomas their son who | died the 20th of Oct. 1770,
aged likewise | 3 years.
On another stone :
In memory | of Charles Aistroppe, Gent.. | who departed
this life the .... | of August Anno Dom. 176 . . , |
setatis 65.
An old stone in the north aisle partly hid by a pew has this inscrip-
tion cut on it as far as can be decyphered :
ate pro animabus | bart & Alici
A stone near the last to the memory of :
[Elizabeth wife of] James Herring 27 Sept. 1738, aet. 55.
There are stones near the font to :
John Drewry died 31 Dec'" 1754, aet. 71.
Catherine his wife died May 23, 1726, aet. 31.
Ann their daughter died 6 April 1725, aet. 7.
Also John their son died 10 June 1733, aged 17.
On a blackened tablet against the south wall of the chancel :
Near this place | he the remains | of | Mrs Anne Tonge wife
of Mr I Roe Tonge gentleman of 1 Gainsbro' : who departed j
this life Nov. 11, 1789, | aged 66 years.
308 SCOTTER
Another to the west of the last :
Beneath this pew | lieth the body of | EUzabeth Smith |
relict of the Rev. Abr™ Smith | obiit Oct. 12, 1782, ] aged
86 years. | Also three of their children.
A stone in the chancel with the arms and crest of Anderson
cut :
Underneath this | stone are deposited | the remains of | Edwin
Anderson | of Morton, Esq^, | who dyed the 28 day | of October
1743, in y® | 61 year of his age. | Also | Mary relict of the
above | Edwin Anderson who | died Dec. 25, 17[4]8.
On a stone next to the last in capitals partly rubbed :
Heu I I Anima H . . . . placidi ]
Migravit 11 die Jan. | Anno Dom | An. ^Etatis . . j
Depositum Marise | Anderson uxoris j Edwini Anderson Gen. ]
fil. dicti Hen. Smith hie | jacet 23 Jan. 1716, | .^tatis
suae 55.
Round the verge of a stone next to the last :
Hie jacet sep | ultus 5 Jan. Anno Dom. 1679, et ^Etatis suae
63 I Guil. Laughton | fil. natu max. Ed. Laughton de Throp-
ham Com. Ebor. | gen.
On a stone close to the altar rails partly rubbed :
Winifrid daughter | of Edm** Laughton, | Gen., & Eliz. his
wife I was buried Oct. | y® 23, 1679, | was buried |
May ye 15, 1682 | John was buried | Sep. y« 19, 1691. |
George was | buried March y® | 19, 1692.
Another opposite rubbed :
Here lieth | the bodie of | Frances Smith | daught |
Henry & . . . Smith . . . | ed the [15] ] of [August] | . . . .
year [1673].
[See also Lines. N. <fe Q. xi, 138-140 ; L.E.S. i, 148 ; Jeans,
55-56.]
(MS viii, 215-220.)
^cotton
Notes taken in the church, 7 September, 1835 — This church
consists of a nave and aisles, resting on each side on three lofty
pointed arches, a chancel separated from the nave by a pointed
arch, and a tower at the west end. The church was repaired about
five years ago, and the font is a modern one. The north door is
Early English with a dog-tooth moulding. The roof is open timber
and good. At the bosses of the north aisle are shields, one with
the Dallison arms.
On the floor on the north side of the chancel is the recumbent
figure of a knight, cross-legged, in hauberk and coif of mayle, with
hose and gauntlets of the same. A long surcoat covers the hauberk.
SCOTTON 309
His sword is broken, and the bearings on his shield effaced. His
hands are clasped, and his feet rested on a lion.
On the opposite side is the figure of a lady in a long robe and mantle,
with a wimple or coif covering the chin. Her hands are clasped.
Her head rests on a pillow, and her feet on a dog. These two
figures have apparently been removed from some altar tomb which
might have been destroyed at the repairing of the church.
Near the figure of the knight is an old stone with this inscription
round the edge in church text :
Hie iacet Ricardus Sawnby quondam rector eccl'ie
qui obiit | . . . . die me?isis ... an. d'ni mccc . . cuius
awime | p?opicietur deus.
On the floor at the entrance of the nave from the chancel is the
figure in relief in a sunk stone of a bust of a priest in a cope, inscrip-
tion gone except :
Hie iacet Magist propiciet . . .
A flat stone in the nave to the memory of Ehzabeth wife of Charles
Astroppe daur. of Thomas Wattson died 31 March 1729, aged 29.
On an old stone in the south aisle has been the figure of a knight
in brass, with an inscription, but now gone.
Marble tablet against the east wall of the chancel :
H.P.I. I Exuviae reverendi viri Johannis Morley, S.T.P., |
hujus ecclesiae et Collegii Lincolniensis Rectoris | quem tanto
magis amaveris | quanto propius inspexeris | egregias animi
dotes testatas fecerunt | Ingenii Vultus decor | Gestusque
corporis venustus pariter et urbanus. | Homo haud affectate
elegans | citra supercihum doctus | Morum suavitate
vitaeque Innocentia j clarus et honoratus | omnia officia
atque munera explevit | ad ecclesiae Scottoniensis regimene
vocatus I pro salute animarum vigilavit | et ab omni
ambitionis suspicione semotus | dum latere voluit. | Ad Collegii
Lincolniensis gubemacula | quod viginti tres per annos
Alumnus ornaverat | importuna amicorum voce accersitus
est I Hanc Praefecturam modestus et prudens rector | pie
placate atque leniter administravit | Publicis Collegii com-
modis et utilitati prospiciens | utrumque munus fato concedens
deposuit j duodecimo die Junii A.D. 1731. | Felix connubio,
Annam uxorem duxit | Davidis Robinson de Fiskerton
filiam I Haec timi prospera tum infirma valetudine | Dilectis-
simi Mariti fidissima Comes | Avulso conjugi aegre superstes |
maerore pressa transiit in mortem | Decimo sexto die Januarii
et juxta jacet.
A flat stone within the altar rails (D) :
Here | lieth interred the remains | of Ann the wife of Wilham |
Forman who departed this life Dec^ 10, | 1782, aged 52 years. |
(MS viii, 203-207.)
310 SCOTTON
Also near this place lies Joseph Wood | former husband of
the above Anne Forman ] who died Jan^ 4, 1763, aged 41
years.
On a flat stone in the chancel (D) :
Here | lie the remains of | Frances | wife of the Rev^ R.
Empson | who died June 8th, 1830, | aged 35 years. | Also |
the remains of | the Rev^ Ric. Empson | who died Jan^ 3,
1835.
[See also Lines. N. dh Q. xi, 140-141.]
^crebinston
Notes taken in the church, 28 July, 1834 — ^This church consists
of a nave and north aisle, separated by three pointed arches resting
on octagon columns, a south porch, and a small tower at the west
end. The font is round and ancient. In the north aisle 
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